Question

The males and females in a compony are employed in the ratio $8:5$. If the number of females is $40$ then total employees are

• A. $64$
• B. $40$
• C. $104$
• D. $114$

Answer 1

The correct option is C

$104$

Let. the number of males and females be $8x$ and $5x$,

But, Number of females are $40$

$$\begin{gathered} 5x=40 \\ x=\frac{40}{5}=8 \end{gathered}$$

$$\begin{gathered} Numberofmales=8x \\ =8\times 8 \\ =64 \end{gathered}$$

$$\begin{gathered} Numberoffemales=5x \\ =5\times 8 \\ =40 \end{gathered}$$

$Totalemployees=64+40=104$

Hence, option C is correct.