The ratio of men to women working for a company is 3 to 7. If there are 85 women working for the company, what is the total number of employees?

Answer 1

This is a proportion, men: women. So let's set it up accordingly:

3 males/7 females= X males/85 females

1. Cross multiply 3 * 85 = 255
2. Divide 255 / 7 females = 37 males
3. (36.4 rounds up since you cannot have .4 of a person)
4. Add 37 males + 85 females: 122 people work at the company.