In a School, the ration of peons to teachers is 9:6 and the ration of males to females (only peons and teacher

Question

In a School, the ration of peons to teachers is 9:6 and the ration of males to females (only peons and teachers) is 8:2.

80% of the peons and 16 teahcers in the school are males. then, i) what is the male to female peon ration in the school? and ii) how many female employees are there in the school?

Answer 1

the word is RATIO...not ration...that is what you do with supplies...a ratio compares 2 things...

Answer 2

the term peon is used colloquially to mean a person with little authority, often assigned unskilled or drudgerous tasks; an underling.

WOW!  You guys have a lot of teacher's aides.

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