Question

Challenge in a company, 55% of the workers are women. If 1,170 people work for the company whoaren't women, how many workers are there in all? Use pencil and paper. Show two different ways thatyou can solve this problem.There are workers in all. (Type a whole number.)

Answer 1

From the exercise we know:

• 55% are women

So what is the percentage of people that are not a woman?

$100-55=45$

• 45% aren't women

If 1,170 people are not women (45%), how many workers in total does the company have?

$\begin{gathered} 1,170\to45 \\ x_{}\to100 \\ x=\frac{100\cdot1,170}{45} \\ x=2600 \end{gathered}$

There are 2600 workers in the company