document.write( "Question 89104: The fastlock company hired 57 new employees, which increased its staff by 30%. What was the original number of employees? \n" ); document.write( "

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Percent Change is given by\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28%28Final-Initial%29%2FInitial%29+%2A100\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let Initial number of employees = X
\n" ); document.write( "Final = X+57\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Percentage change = $\"%2857%2FX+%29%2A100\"$ = $\"30\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"57%2FX+=+30%2F100\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"57%2FX+=+3%2F10\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Cross Multiplying\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "X = 190
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