Of the 359 workers at a company, 62 are office workers. What is the approximate ratio of office workers to nonoffice workers?
Explanation
To write the ratio of office workers to nonoffice workers, you need to first find the number of nonoffice workers. That is 359 – 62, or 297. You can write the ratio of office workers to nonoffice workers as 62:297. Try writing this ratio in lower terms by dividing both numbers by 62.
\((62 \div 62):(297 \div 62) = 1 \div 4.79\)
Since 4.79 is quite close to 5, the ratio is approximately 1:5.
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