SOLUTION: A company recently downsized it number of employees by 30%, If there are still 70 employees, how many employees were there prior to the layoffs? Correct answer is 100 employees, bu

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Question 218857: A company recently downsized it number of employees by 30%, If there are still 70 employees, how many employees were there prior to the layoffs? Correct answer is 100 employees, but how do you solve?
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Answer by rfer(10417) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
70 employees is 70%, the 30% are gone
70/.70=100