Question

. The workforce at Eastland Inc. is growing rapidly. The number of employees this year is 225% of the number last year. If there are 135 employees this year, how many employees did the company have last year?

Answer 1

Let X be the number of employees the company had last year.

According to the problem, the number of employees this year is 225% of the number last year, which can be written as:

135 = 2.25X

To solve for X, we can divide both sides by 2.25:

X = 135 / 2.25

X = 60

Therefore, the company had 60 employees last year.