Question

An international company has 21,700 employees in one country. If this represents 17.7% of the company's employees, how many employees does

it have in total?
Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

122,599

Explanation:

In words, what I am is asking is 17.7% of what number is 21,700. I will need to change 17.7% to a decimal. To do that, I move the decimal 2 places to the left. Then solve.

.177 x w = 21700 Divide both sides by .177

w = 122,599