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Question
Of the 288 persons working in a company, 112 are men and the remaining are women. Find the ratio of the number of men to that of women.
Solution
Total person working in company, m = 288
Number of men = 112
∴ Number of women = Total persons – Number of men = 288 – 112 = 176
Ratio of men to women = `112/176 = 7/11`
= 7:11 ......[On dividing numerator and denominator by 16]
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