document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1101075>Question 1101075</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A company has recently been hiring new employees. Today the company has <BR>\n" );
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document.write( " more employees than it did a year ago. If there are currently <BR>\n" );
document.write( "46,500<BR>\n" );
document.write( " employees, how many employees did the company have a year ago? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 0.24x = 46500\r\n" );
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document.write( "x*(1+0.24) = 46500\r\n" );
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document.write( "1.24x = 46500  ====>  x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=46500%2F1.24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"46500%2F1.24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 37500.\r\n" );
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document.write( "<U>Answer</U>.  A year ago, the company had 37500 employees.\r\n" );
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document.write( "There is a bunch of lessons on percentage problems \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/percentage/lessons/Percentage-problems.lesson>Percentage problems</A>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems/Percentage-word-problems-%28Type-1-problems-Finding-the-Part%29.lesson>Percentage word problems (Type 1 problems, Finding the Part)</A>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems/Percentage-word-problems-%28Type-2-problems-Finding-the-Rate%29.lesson>Percentage word problems (Type 2 problems, Finding the Rate)</A>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems/Percentage-word-problems-%28Type-3-problems-Finding-the-Base%29.lesson>Percentage word problems (Type 3 problems, Finding the Base)</A>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems/More-complicated-percentage-problems.lesson>More complicated percentage problems</A>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems/Problems-on-percentage-that-lead-to-unexpected-results.lesson>Problems on percentage that lead to unexpected results</A>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in this site.\r<BR>\n" );
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