Answer:
50 employees are members of the chorus
Step-by-step explanation:
Total number of chorus members = 70
ratio of students to employees = 2:5
This means that if the total number of employees were to be divided into 7 parts (2 + 5), 2 parts will be students while 5 parts will be employees. Now let us convert this fraction/ratio to numbers. This is done as follows:
students to employees = 2:5
∴ employees to students = 5:2
Total parts of employees and students = 5 + 2 = 7
∴ Number of employees
[tex]= \frac{5}{7}\ of\ 70\\= \frac{5}{7} \times \frac{70}{1}\\= \frac{350}{7} = 50\ members[/tex]
∴ 50 members are employees, while the remaining 20 are students
