Question

A company has recently been hiring new employees. Today the company has 32% more employees than it did a year ago. If there are currently 69,300 employees, how many employees did the company have a year ago?​

Answer 1

52500

Explanation:

Let there be x employees in the previous year

Now, the company has 32% more employees whis is 69300

i.e.

`x + (32)/(100) x = 69300\\\\ \implies(132x)/(100) = 69300 \\\\\implies 132x = 6930000\\\\\implies x = (6930000)/(132)\\`

⇒ x = 52500

There were 52500 employees in the previous year