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The condition in the post missed one important key word.
See how I edited your problem to make sense.
An international company has 19900 employees in one country. If this represents 28.7 of the company's employees,
how many employees does it have in total? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.
Solution
Let x be the total number of employees (the value under the question).
Then from the condition
0.287*x = 19900,
which gives you
x = .
Use your calculator and then make rounding as required.
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