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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
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  • 13-04-2016

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

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