Question

An international company has 16,300 employees in one country. If this represents 21.3% of the company's employees, how many employees does it have in total?

Answer 1

To calculate the total number of employees in the company, divide the number of employees in one country, 16,300, by the percentage they represent, 21.3%, after converting the percentage to a decimal (0.213).

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out the total number of employees in the company, we can set up a proportion where the number of employees in one country is 16,300 which represents 21.3% of the total. We can use the formula:

Part = Percent \times Whole

Where the part is 16,300, the percent is 21.3%, and we are solving for the whole, which represents the total number of the company's employees. Dividing the part by the percent in decimal form will give us the whole:

Total employees = 16,300 / 0.213

Calculating this gives us the total number of employees in the company.