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At Company Y, the ratio of the number of female employees to the number of male employees is 3 to 2. If there are 150 female employees at the company, how many male employees are there at the company?


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B. 80
C. 90
D. 100
E. 120
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At Company Y, the ratio of the number of female employees to the number of male employees is 3 to 2. If there are 150 female employees at the company, how many male employees are there at the company?


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D. 100
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Let the common unit in the ratio be x.

3x = 150

x = 50

2x = 50 * 2 = 100.

D is our answer.
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At Company Y, the ratio of the number of female employees to the number of male employees is 3 to 2. If there are 150 female employees at the company, how many male employees are there at the company?


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F/M= 3/2
F= 150
solve for M

M= 150*2/3
M=100 IMO D
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At Company Y, the ratio of the number of female employees to the number of male employees is 3 to 2. If there are 150 female employees at the company, how many male employees are there at the company?


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3:2 :: 150:x

x=100



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Solution



Given:
    • At Company Y, the ratio of the number of female employees to the number of male employees= 3 : 2
    • Company has 150 female employees.

To find:
    • Number of male employees.

Approach and Working:
    • Let us assume that the total employees in the company = 5x
      o Hence, number of female employees = 3x
      o And, number of male employees = 2x
         3x = 150, x = 50
      o Thus, 2x = 100.

Hence, the correct answer is option D.
Answer: D
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At Company Y, the ratio of the number of female employees to the number of male employees is 3 to 2. If there are 150 female employees at the company, how many male employees are there at the company?


A. 50
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D. 100
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We can let the number of female and male employees be 3x and 2x, respectively. Since there are 150 female employees:

150 = 3x

50 = x

So there are 2 * 50 = 100 male employees.

Alternate solution:

We can let the number of male employees be x and create the equation:

150/x = 3/2

3x = 300

x = 100

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