Question

At a recent holiday party, 4/5 of the attendees were company employees and the rest were their guests. if 2/3 of the employees who attended were engineers, what was the number of non-engineer employees who attended? there were 225 total attendees at the party. there were 45 attendees who were guests of the employees.

Answer 1

There were 225 people who attended the party.

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4/5 of the attendees were employee:
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`(4)/(5) * 225 = 180`


There were 180 employees.

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2/3 of the employees were engineers:
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`\text {Fraction of non-engineers = } 1 - (2)/(3) = (1)/(3)`

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Number of Non-engineers :
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`\text { number of non-engineers = } (1)/(3) * 180 = 60`

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Answer: There were 60 non-engineers employees that attended the party.
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