A crew is made up of 8 men; the rest are women. 66 and 2 thirds of the crew are men. How many people are in the crew
There are X crew members.
(66 2/3)% = 2/3.
2x/3 = 8.
2x = 24,
X = 12 crew members.
66.67x = 8
x = ?
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First find 2/3 of 66 in decimals, and add that to 66. This makes 66.67
Now multiply that by 8 because thats how many men there is. Now you have 533.386 now finally divide by 100 then round to the nearest whole number which is 5 women. Add 5 women to 8 men and you have 12 crew members!!
To solve this problem, we can set up an equation based on the given information.
Let's use the variable "c" to represent the total number of people in the crew.
According to the problem, 66 and 2 thirds (or 2/3) of the crew are men. This can be written as:
(2/3) * c = 8 men
To find the total number of people in the crew, we need to solve for "c".
First, let's simplify the equation by multiplying both sides by 3 to get rid of the fraction:
2 * c = 8 * 3
2c = 24
Next, divide both sides of the equation by 2 to isolate the variable "c":
2c / 2 = 24 / 2
c = 12
Therefore, there are 12 people in the crew.