Question

An international company has 26,700 employees in one country. If this represents 18.6% of the company's employees, how many employees does it

have in total?
Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

143,548

Explanation:

When dealing with percentages, use the equation x=p/w, where x is the percentage, p is the part, and w is the whole

plug in the given values: 0.186=26,700/w

multiply each side by w: 0.186w=26,700

divide each side by 0.186: 0.186w/0.186=26,700/0.186

to get: w=143,548.3871

round to nearest whole number to get your answer: 143,548

you can check your answer by plugging the "part" and "whole" back into the equation. 26,700/143,548.3871=0.186, which was our given percentage. so the answer is correct