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last summer at the local aquatic center, the ratio of the number of summer workers higher to the number of applicants was 3 to 5. if 42 employees were hired how many applied for summer work ?

Respuesta :

We have

3 workers per 5 applicants

if they hired 42 employees the number of applicants is x

[tex]x=\frac{42\cdot5}{3}=70[/tex]

the number of applicants was 70