Question

A company has recently been hiring new employees. Today the company has 27% more employees than it did a yea

there are currently 63,500 employees, how many employees did the company have a year ago?
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Answer 1

50,000 employees

Explanation:

Here,

The current employees = 63,500

As 27% new employees has been hired,

If the last year's employees are 100, current year's employees will be (100+27) = 127.

If current employees are 127, last year's employees = 100

If current employees are 1, last year's employees = 100/127

If current employees are 63,500, last year's employees = (100*63,500)/127 = 50,000 employees

Therefore, the company had 50,000 employees a year ago.