At Kolbens Building, 3 out of every 7 employees use public transportation. There are 9,800 employees at the building. How many use public transportation?

Answer 1

To find out how many employees at Kolbens Building use public transportation, we'll use the given ratio of employees who use public transportation (3 out of every 7) and the total number of employees (9,800).

1. First, calculate the fraction of employees who use public transportation: \[ \text{Fraction of employees using public transportation} = \frac{3}{7} \]

2. Next, multiply this fraction by the total number of employees: \[ \text{Number of employees using public transportation} = \frac{3}{7} \times 9800 \]

3. Performing the multiplication: \[ = \frac{3 \times 9800}{7} \]

4. Calculate \(3 \times 9800\): \[ 3 \times 9800 = 29400 \]

5. Now, divide \(29400\) by \(7\): \[ \frac{29400}{7} = 4200 \]

Thus, the number of employees at Kolbens Building who use public transportation is 4,200.