Question

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In a certain company, the ratio of programmers to marketers is 3:8, and ratio of customer srvice reps (CSRs) to marketers is 2:3. If there are 27 programmers, there are how many CSRs?

Answer 1

any idea how you'd tackle this?

Answer 2

ratio is similar to division

Answer 3

nin

Answer 4

how do i know what goes on top or bottom in proportions?

Answer 5

wait how come its different though the marketers are mentioned 2wice and they have a different ratio in both of them

Answer 6

let me explain how to decompose this

Answer 7

k

Answer 8

\[\frac{3}{8}=\frac{programmers}{marketers}=\frac{27}{x}\]

let me know if this is clear with you before I can move on

Answer 9

ohhhh because of the ratio oh okay i got it!

Answer 10

so just to make sure if I'm trying to find the missing x it always has to be a denominator?

Answer 11

no
it can be in the numerator just like the y

Answer 12

okay go on

Answer 13

read the second to the last post I created, I want you to see this and tell me if you have any objection. We need to be in the same page, and that means I want you to understand it

Answer 14

http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/proportions.html

Answer 15

yea i et that the marketers and programers are the same but is it the same just because they're both 3? cuz i feel like if they're a fraction they may not be the same .... but okay go on

Answer 16

there is no other way to base it from so we make that assumption

Answer 17

okay go on

Answer 18

whoa wtf is going on?

Answer 19

http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/proportions.html

this link has a very short tutorial that will assist you with the very basic concept if you're not following

Answer 20

y did those get retyped?

Answer 21

okay ill check it out now

Answer 22

I reformatted it so you can see the proportionality including the unknowns

Answer 23

okay so i get the part and whole part but in this case how do we know what is part and whole how do we know if the 27 is the numerator or denominator in this proportion?

Answer 24

do you know the relationship of fraction to percent to decimals?

Answer 25

yea

Answer 26

that is what it is

Answer 27

wingardium leviosa

Answer 28

\[\frac{1}{4} = 0.25 = \frac{25}{100} = 25\%\]

look at the pattern
3rd grade math ;)

Answer 29

dude but they're talkin about programmers and CSR thats not percentages

Answer 30

\[\frac{3}{8} = 0.375 = 37.5 \% \]
27 is 37.5% of 72

Answer 31

so the CSR and Marketers are the whole?

Answer 32

per cent means per 100

Answer 33

DUDE!

Answer 34

this is why we move decimal places twice to the right from a decimal format
two zeroes, two decimal places

Answer 35

THEN WHY IS IT