Question

A company has recently been hiring new employees. Today the company has 36% more employees than it did a year ago. If there are currently

64,600 employees, how many employees did the company have a year ago?

Answer 1

Step 1:

36 % increase

36% + 100% = 136%

136% = 1.38

Step 2:

Current employees = 139% × previous employees

51,600 = 1.39 × previous employees

Step 3:

(Divide each side by 1.38)

64,600 ÷ 1.39 = 1.39÷ 1.39 × previous employees

Answer:

46,474 = previous employees







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