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The problem says: "Assume a city agency has 775 office workers.

If 2 out of 25 office workers were absent on a particular day, how many office workers reported to work on that day?"

Number of workers that reported to work on that day =

Total number of workers - Numbers of workers that were absent on that day = 713

As stated in the problem, 2 out of 25 office workers were absent on a particular day.

Or, I can say that out of 25 workers, 2 were absent on a particular date.

So,

Number of workers that were absent out of 775 workers

= (2/25) * 775

= 2 * (775/25)

= 2 * 31...............................[Simplify]

= 62

Out of 775 workers 62 were absent.

So,

Number of workers that reported to work on that day = 775 - 62 = 713

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If it means 2 out of every 25 workers (as it probably does) you need to know how many groups of 25 there are in 775 (31) then take 2 from each of the 31 to get 62 to find the number absent, then take this from 775 to see that 713 reported to work.

In equation form:

Reporters = 775 - (775/25)x2

2 / 25 is the fraction and we have to make the denominator 775

775/25= 31

2 x 31 = 62

fraction= 62/ 775 (absent)

775-62 = 713 (present)

It means, that if you take 25 office workers out of those 775, 2 were away.

So just get the ratio.

775/25 = 31

31 x 2 = 62

775 - 62 = 713 workers reported to work.

Its 2/25 or 62/775 workers were not there, therefore 713/775 were.

Hope i helped :)

First, you should find a multiplier to link the 25 to the 775. To do this, we just divide the numbers.

775/25 = 31

Now we have a multiplier of 31, we then just use this on our stat.

2 x 31 = 62

2 x 25 = 775

Therefore, 62 out of 775 workers did not attend to work that day.

If you want to find the number of attendees, just subtract your answers.

775-62 = 713 workers attended work that day.

2 out of 25 is the fraction:

2

--

25

if 25 out of 25 office workers were present, then all 775 reported to work, but we have

25 - 2

--------- =

25

23

---- reported to work

25

23

---- * 775 = 23 * 31 = 713

25

when you divide 775 by 25 you get 31

2/25=x/775

cross multiply

25x=1550

x=62

n - 8 = m

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