Because of slumping sales, a small company had to lay off some of its employees. The ratio of total employees to employees laid off is 5 to 1. What is the total number of employees if 22 are laid off?

1 Answer
May 29, 2018

#x = 1210#

Explanation:

Let's make a proportion:

#5/1# = #x/22# , where 5:1 is the employed to unemployed ratio equals #x#, the unknown total number of employees, and #22# represents the number of employees laid off.

#1 * x = x#
#22 * 55 = 1210#

#x = 1210#

There are a total of 1210 employees.