Question

last summer at the local aquatic center, the ratio of the number of summer workers higher to the number of applicants was 3 to 5. if 42 employees were hired how many applied for summer work ?

Answer 1

We have

3 workers per 5 applicants

if they hired 42 employees the number of applicants is x

`x=(42\cdot5)/(3)=70`

the number of applicants was 70