document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1132469>Question 1132469</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An international company has 19900<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " of the company's employees, how many employees does it have in total?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Round your answer to the nearest whole number. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The condition in the post missed one important key word.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "See how I edited your problem to make sense.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "      An international company has 19900 employees in one country. If this represents 28.7 <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28percents%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28percents%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the company's employees, \r\n" );
document.write( "      how many employees does it have in total? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.\r\n" );
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document.write( "<U>Solution</U>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the total number of employees (the value under the question).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then  from the condition\r\n" );
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document.write( "    0.287*x = 19900,\r\n" );
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document.write( "which gives you\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=19900%2F0.287 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"19900%2F0.287\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Use your calculator and then make rounding as required.\r\n" );
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document.write( "On percentage, &nbsp;see the lessons \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-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( "in this site.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "They are written specially for you.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Read them and become an expert in this area.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Start from the very first lesson of the list.\r<BR>\n" );
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