Question

The ratio of male and female employees in a multinational company is 5 : 3. If there are 115 male employees in the company, then the number off female employees is

(a) 96
(b) 52
(c) 69
(d) 66

Answer 1

(c) 69

If the number of male employees is 115, let the number of female employees be x.

According to the question:

$$\begin{gathered} \frac{5}{3}=\frac{115}{x} \\ \Rightarrow x=\frac{115}{5}\times 3=69 \end{gathered}$$