Question

Over the course of a year, a company goes from 115 employees to 124 employees.

Use the drop-down menus to build an equation that could be used to find the percent change, p, in the number of employees.

Answer 1

Helloo!

First off, we would need to find out how many employees joined the company, with the given data.

124-115= 9

We can divide 9 by 100, and we get 0.09.

So every year, if 9 more employees join the company, *just 9*, then the equation will be however many people are currently working - how many were working last year divided by 100. The difference between how many people currently working and how many worked last year should always be 9, if every year 9 more people decide to work in the company.

So, using the current years data, we can figure out how many people will work the next year.

This year, we have 124.

So, next year, we can do 124+9, and we'll find 133. So 133 people will work next year.

Hope this helps, have an awesome day!

Answer 2

8% approximately.

Explanation:

We know that the company goes from 115 employees to 124. To find the percentage that represents the increase, we could write

`115x=124`

Where
`x` expresses the factor of change.

Now, we just need to isolate and solve for
`x`

`x=(124)/(115) \approx 1.08`

This means that 124 represents 108% of 115. In other words, the increase represents only 8% approximately. You can get this answer by just finding the difference 108% - 100% = 8%