THIS IS THE COMPLETE QUESTION
Five companies employed 2340, 3455, 675, 960 and 1350 workers. The first company laid off 1 worker for every 5 workers, while the other three recruited 2 new workers for every 3. a) What was the total number of workers at the beginning c) How many people: i) Lost job ii) Got job d) What was the total number of workers finally
Answer:
a) 8780
ci) 1159
cii) 1990
d) 9611
Explanation:
a) What was the total number of workers at the beginning?
The Total number of workers at the beginning can be calculated by adding the number of workers which are
= 2340 + 3455 + 675 + 960 + 1350
= 8780
c) How many people: i) Lost job
TO calculate the number that lost their job, we know that the first company laid off 1 worker for every 5 workers,
But the employed workers were 2340 and 1 worker laid for every 5 workers. Hence we can say that
2340/5 = 468
Therefore, 468 lost job in the first company.
To calculate for the second company,
from the question we know that Workers employed were 3455 and 1 worker laid for every 5 workers. Then we can say that
3455 / 5 = 691
Therefore, 468 lost job in second company.
After getting the number that lost their job in the two companies we can now say that the total workers that lost job:
=468 + 691 = 1159
ii) To calculate the number that Got job
We know that other three companies recruited 2 new workers for every 3, then the number of people who got job in these three companies can be calculated as;
= [(675 * 2 )+ (960 *2) + (1350 *2) ]/ 3
= (1350 + 1920 + 2700) / 3
= 5970 / 3
= 1990
Therefore, we have 1990 people that got the job.
d) the total number of workers finally can be calculated by summing up the the workers who got job in the workers at beginning then minus the number ofworkers who lost job ,
We know that the Total number of workers:
8780 number of workers at the beginning
1159 is for companies who lost job
1990 is for companies who got job
total number of workers finally:
= (8780 )+ (1990) -( 1159)
= 9611
Therefore, the total number of workers finally are 9611.