in a company, 90% of the workers are women. if 390 men work for the company, how many workers are there in all? use pencil and paper. show two different ways that you can solve this problem.

There are 3900 total workers in all.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

In a company, 90% of the workers are women.

390 men work for the company.

Now, to find the total workers there in all.

The first way to find:

Let the total workers be .

According to question:

Dividing both sides by 0.10 we get:

Thus, the total workers are 3900.

Now, the second way to find:

Women are 90%.

So men are = 100% - 90% = 10%.

Let the total workers be .

According to question:

Dividing both sides by 0.10 we get:

Therefore, the total workers are 3900.