Question

30 POINTS!! An international company has 13,500 employees in one country. If this represents 29.7% of the company's employees, how many employees does it have in total? Round your answer to the nearest whole number. Please answer correctly!

Answer 1

`\Large \boxed{\mathrm{45455 \ employees }}`

Explanation:

29.7% of the company’s employees is 13,500.

Let the number of the company’s employees be x.

`29.7\% \cdot x = 13500`

`0.297x=13500`

Dividing both sides by 0.297.

`x= 45454.5454545...`

There are 45455 employees in total (rounded to nearest whole number).

Answer 2

Approximately 45,455 total employees.

Explanation:

So the company has 13,500 employees in one country. And this represents 29.7% of the company's employees.

In other words:

`\frac{13,500}{\text{Total}}=0.297`

The left represents the number of employees in one country over the total number.

And the right is the decimal form of 29.7%. Simply move the decimal two places to the left and remove the percent symbol.

So, to solve for the total, multiply both sides by it first. The left side cancels:

`\text{Total}(\frac{13500}{\text{Total}} )=\text{Total}(0.297)\\13500=\text{Total}(0.297)`

Now, divide both sides by 0.297. The right side cancels:

`\text{Total}=(13500)/(0.297)`

Use a calculator.

`\text{Total}\approx45454.5455`

So, there is approximately 45,455 total employees.