Question

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The ratio of men to women working for a company is
7
to
5
. If there are
264
employees total, how many women work for the company?

Answer 1

you are given that the sum of #men and #women is 264.
you are given that #men/#women=7/5

Let's use m for the number of men
And w for the number of women.

So you are given:
\[m+w=264 \\ \frac{m}{w}=\frac{7}{5} \implies m=\frac{7}{5}w \text{ plug this into first equation }\]

Answer 2

110