SOLUTION: A company has recently been hiring new employees. Today the company has 24% more employees than it did a year ago. If there are currently 46,500 employees, how many employe

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Question 1101075: A company has recently been hiring new employees. Today the company has
24%
more employees than it did a year ago. If there are currently
46,500
employees, how many employees did the company have a year ago?

Answer by ikleyn(52782)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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x + 0.24x = 46500

x*(1+0.24) = 46500

1.24x = 46500  ====>  x =  = 37500.


Answer.  A year ago, the company had 37500 employees.


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