A company is holding a big event and needs to gather the statistics about its employees. Help by answering the question: The ratio of male employees to female employees is 1:6. If there are 102 female employees in total, what is the ratio of males to employees. (Hint: Equivalent Ratios/Fractions) Please explain!!

The ratio of males to employees is 1:7

Step-by-step explanation:

Ratios or Proportions

The ratio between two variables a and b, often expressed as a:b is the division a/b or how many times b is in a.

The ratio of male employees to female employees of a company is 1:6.

If we set m=number of males employees, and f=number of female employees, then:

Multiplying by 6f:

The total employees of the company are:

t = f + m

Substituting the previous equation:

Dividing by t and by 7:

This means the ratio of males to employees is 1:7.

Note we didn't know to find the number of male employees to give the answer.