Question

A company has recently been hiring new employees. Today the company has 33% more employees than it did a year ago. If there are currently

53,200 employees, how many employees did the company have a year ago?

Answer 1

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Answer:

400

Explanation:

If x represents the number of employees a year ago, the current number is ...

x + 0.33x = 53,200

x = 53,200/1.33 = 400

The company had 400 employees a year ago.