Question

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?

Answer 1

let x=total crew number

`(x)/(8)` = 0.6666..
cross multiply

`(8)/(0.666)` = x
x=12
12-8 = 4
So there are 4 women in the crew