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# three locations: Indonesia, Mexico, and Pakistan

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three locations: Indonesia, Mexico, and Pakistan [#permalink]  15 May 2016, 18:20
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A manufacturing company has plants in three locations: Indonesia, Mexico, and Pakistan. The company has 6,000 employees, and each of the employees works at only one of the plants. If $$\frac{3}{8}$$ of the employees work at the plant in Indonesia and if twice as many employees work at the plant in Mexico as work at the plant in Pakistan, how many employees work at the plant in
Mexico?

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Re: three locations: Indonesia, Mexico, and Pakistan [#permalink]  15 May 2016, 19:48
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5/8 of total people work in Mexico and Pakistan, out of which (2/3)*(5/8) work in Mexico, that is (2/3)*(5/8) of 6000 = 2500
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Re: three locations: Indonesia, Mexico, and Pakistan [#permalink]  01 Jun 2016, 15:05
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sandy wrote:
A manufacturing company has plants in three locations: Indonesia, Mexico, and Pakistan. The company has 6,000 employees, and each of the employees works at only one of the plants. If $$\frac{3}{8}$$ of the employees work at the plant in Indonesia and if twice as many employees work at the plant in Mexico as work at the plant in Pakistan, how many employees work at the plant in
Mexico?

Explanation

3/8 of the employees work at the plant in Indonesia
3/8 of 6000 = (3/8)(6000) = 2250
So, 2250 = number of employees in Indonesia

Twice as many employees work at the plant in Mexico as work at the plant in Pakistan
Let P = number of employees in Pakistan
So, 2P = number of employees in Mexico

There are 6000 employees in TOTAL.
So, 2250 + P + 2P = 6000

Solve, to get P = 1250
This means that 2P = 2500

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