the ratio of men to women in a certain factory is 3 to 4. there are 198 men how many workers are there?
Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Okay so we have the ration 3:4 men to women and there are 198 men.
This is how you can solve these exercises.
If it says that the ration is 3 to 4, basically the 3 and the 4 will get multiplied by an X and their sum will be equal to the number of the all workers in the factory.
So: 3x+4x=7x=all workers
we know that 3x=number of men and 4x=number of women
from the exercise we know that 3x=198 so x=198/3=66
To find out how many workers are there we do this: 3 *66 + 4 * 66= 198+264=462 workers