The ratio of men to women at a certain company is 3 to 5. How many employees does the company have if there are 36 male employees?

Should I set the problem up this way:

3/5=36/x

x=60 male employees?

You are on the right track. The problem states that the company has 36 male employees. I think you intended to say x=60 FEMALE employees.

Now you know the number of male employees and the number of female employees. Add the 2 numbers to get the total employees.

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3x -6 = -27

Yes, you have set up the problem correctly. To solve the problem, you can use a proportion since the ratio of men to women is given as 3 to 5.

Let x be the total number of employees in the company. Since the ratio of men to women is 3 to 5, the number of men can be represented as (3/8) * x and the number of women as (5/8) * x.

Now you are given that there are 36 male employees, so you can set up the proportion:

(3/8) * x = 36

To solve for x, you can multiply both sides of the equation by 8/3:

x = 36 * (8/3)

x = 96

Therefore, the company has a total of 96 employees.