Asked by Kiki
                Proportion practice:
"Fancy factory has 300 employees with a 3 to 7 ratio of men to women. How many men work there?"
I've been working on this forever. And I can't figure out what to do. DX uarrghhh. Help?
            
            
        "Fancy factory has 300 employees with a 3 to 7 ratio of men to women. How many men work there?"
I've been working on this forever. And I can't figure out what to do. DX uarrghhh. Help?
Answers
                    Answered by
            Ms. Sue
            
    You could set up a proportion:
7/10 = x/300
10x = 2100
x = 210
    
7/10 = x/300
10x = 2100
x = 210
                    Answered by
            E.G.
            
    if you mean there are 3 men to 7 women, then the answer is 90 men to 210 women.
    
                    Answered by
            E.G.
            
    if you mean there are 3 women to 7 men, then it's 210 men and 90 women.
    
                    Answered by
            Kiki
            
    But how did you get E.G? that I'm sorry but I don't understand. [hitshead]
    
                    Answered by
            Kiki
            
    Ms. Sue, how did you get 7/10, when there is 7:3 women to men? (confused)
    
                    Answered by
            E.G.
            
    I'm afraid my system is very primitive.
What I did is add 3+7 = 10
then I divided 300 by 10 = 30
then I multiplied 3 x 30 = 90
and 7x30 = 210
I am certain that Ms. Sue can explain that a lot better and much more professional that I can.
    
What I did is add 3+7 = 10
then I divided 300 by 10 = 30
then I multiplied 3 x 30 = 90
and 7x30 = 210
I am certain that Ms. Sue can explain that a lot better and much more professional that I can.
                                                    There are no AI answers yet. The ability to request AI answers is coming soon!
                                            
                Submit Your Answer
We prioritize human answers over AI answers.
If you are human, and you can answer this question, please submit your answer.