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If the 8 men on a construction crew make up [tex]$40\%$[/tex] of the entire crew, how many people are in the crew?

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Let's find out the total number of people on the construction crew given that the 8 men represent 40% of the crew.

1. First, understand that 40% can be expressed as a fraction of the whole crew. Represent 40% as a decimal, which is \(0.40\).

2. Since 8 men are 40% of the crew, we can set up the following relationship:
[tex]\[ 0.40 \times (\text{total number of crew}) = 8 \][/tex]

3. To find the total number of crew members, divide both sides of the equation by 0.40:
[tex]\[ \text{total number of crew} = \frac{8}{0.40} \][/tex]

4. Perform the division:
[tex]\[ \frac{8}{0.40} = 20 \][/tex]

Thus, the total number of people in the crew is [tex]\(20\)[/tex].
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