SOLUTION: A networking company recently announced it would be cutting 6400 jobs. This is equivalent to 9​% of the​ company's workforce. Find the size of the total workforce prior
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Question 1093305: A networking company recently announced it would be cutting 6400 jobs. This is equivalent to 9% of the company's workforce. Find the size of the total workforce prior to this round of layoffs.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x is the number in the workforce
.09x were cut and that equals 6400
divide 6400/.09=71,111 people
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