Posted by Reese's on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 8:21pm.
Solve this equation, with x as the number of women:
5/4 as 2800/x
Cross multiply to find your answer.
5/4 as 2800/x
4x2800=11200/5=2240
just cross multipy like the numbers that arr aross from each other you multipy and the answer divided by the the third number that is by its self then you will het your answer like this one
18/20 as 9/x
20x9=180/18=10
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