Answer:
144 employees
Explanation:
• The ratio of men to women = 3:5
,• The number of men in the company = 54.
Let the total number of employees = x.
The proportion of men in the company will be:
[tex]\frac{3}{3+5}=\frac{3}{8}[/tex]Since there are 54 men in the company, we can then say that:
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{3}{8}\text{ of x}=54 \\ \implies\frac{3}{8}x=54 \end{gathered}[/tex]Multiply both sides by 8/3 to solve for x.
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{8}{3}\times\frac{3}{8}x=\frac{8}{3}\times54 \\ x=144 \end{gathered}[/tex]The total number of employees is 144.