Ask Question
6 July, 20:09

Because of slumping sales a small company had to lay off some employees. the ratio of total employees to employees laid off is 5 to 1. How many employees were laid off if there are a total of a 110 employees

+4
Answers (1)
  1. 6 July, 22:58
    0
    5/1 = 110/x

    Cross multiply

    5x = 110

    divide both sides by 5

    5x/5 = 110/5

    x = 22

    22 employees were laid off
Know the Answer?
Not Sure About the Answer?
Get an answer to your question ✅ “Because of slumping sales a small company had to lay off some employees. the ratio of total employees to employees laid off is 5 to 1. How ...” in 📙 Mathematics if there is no answer or all answers are wrong, use a search bar and try to find the answer among similar questions.
Search for Other Answers