The ratio of union members to nonunion members working for a company is

Question

5
to
8
. If there are
312
employees total, how many nonunion members work for the company?

Answer 1

To find the number of nonunion members, we first need to find the total number of union members. We can do this by using the given ratio.

Let's call the number of union members "5x" (since the ratio of union members to nonunion members is 5:8, the number of union members is 5/13 of the total number of employees). Similarly, the number of nonunion members would be "8x".

We know that the total number of employees is 312, so:

5x + 8x = 312

Combining like terms:

13x = 312

Dividing both sides by 13:

x = 24

Now that we know x = 24, we can find the number of nonunion members:

8x = 8(24) = 192

Therefore, there are 192 nonunion members working for the company.