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.