Question

Suddeth Travel estimates that 80% of its employees have more than 12 days of unused sick leave. If 140 employees have more than 12 days of unused sick leave, how many employees work at the agency? A. 112 B. 164 C. 175 D. 700​

Answer 1

C) 175.

Explanation:

Sure, here's a step-by-step solution:

Let's call the number of employees at the agency "x".

If 80% of the employees have more than 12 days of unused sick leave, that means 0.8 * x employees have more than 12 days of unused sick leave.

We know that 0.8 * x = 140, so we can solve for x by dividing both sides of the equation by 0.8:

x = 140 / 0.8

Simplifying, we get:

x = 175

So there are 175 employees who work at the agency, and the answer is C) 175.