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13-04-2016
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a crew is made up of 8 men; the rest are women. 66 2/3% of the crew are men. how many people are in the crew?

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DeannaJ DeannaJ

13-04-2016

let x=total crew number
[tex] \frac{x}{8}[/tex] = 0.6666..
cross multiply
[tex] \frac{8}{0.666} [/tex] = x
x=12
12-8 = 4
So there are 4 women in the crew

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