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Ivy Corporation gave 72 people a bonus. If Ivy had given 3 more people bonuses, Ivy would have rewarded (3/5) of the workforce. How large is Ivy’s workforce?

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It is given that they awarded 72 people.

It is also known that if they would have awarded 3 more people ,3/5th of the total workforce is given bonuses.

So it follows:


\begin{gathered} 72+3=(3)/(5)* x \\ 75*(5)/(3)=x \\ x=125 \end{gathered}

So the total workforce is 125 people.

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