Question

8. Solve.

Use a proportion to determine how many assistants are employed in an office if there are 32 executives and each executive has an average of 1.5 assistants.


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Answer 1

48

Explanation:

Answer 2

48 assistants

Explanation:

If 1 executive has an average of 1.5 assistants, let x represent the number of assistants that are employed if there are 32 executives in the office.

Thus:

1.5 assistants to 1 executive = x assistants to 32 executives

1.5 : 1 = x : 32

`(1.5)/(1) = (x)/(32)`

Cross multiply

`1.5*32 = x*1`

`48 = x`

Therefore, 48 assistants were employed in the office.