Question

A crew is made up of 8 men; the rest are women. 66 3/2% of the crew are men. How many people are in the crew?

Answer 1

There are `12` people in the crew.

Explanation:

Let the total people in crew is `x` of which `8(66 2/3%)` are men.
`:.x*66 2/3/100=8 or x*200/3*1/100=8 or x=3*8/2=12`[Ans]