Problema Solution

Bob is trying to figure out how many men work for him. He puts hats on 40 of the men. Later bob calls 84 of them outside. Only 30 are wearing hats. According to this sample how many work for bob?

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let 'x' be the number of men that work for Bob


30/84 = 40/x


by solving we find


x = 112 men work for Bob


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