document.write( "Question 1186661: a company recently downsized its number of employees by 30%. If there are still 98 employees, how many employees were there prior to the layoffs. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #817603 by Theo(13342)\"\" \"About 
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x = the number of employees prior to the layoffs.\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x - .3 * x = 98
\n" ); document.write( "combine like terms to get:
\n" ); document.write( "x * (1 - .3) = 98
\n" ); document.write( "simplify to get:
\n" ); document.write( ".7 * x = 98
\n" ); document.write( "divide both sides of the equation by .7 to get:
\n" ); document.write( "x = 98 / .7
\n" ); document.write( "solve for x to get:
\n" ); document.write( "x = 140.\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "confirm by replacing x with 140 in the original equation to get:
\n" ); document.write( "140 - .3 * 140 = 98
\n" ); document.write( "simplify to get:
\n" ); document.write( "140 - 42 = 98
\n" ); document.write( "simplify to get:
\n" ); document.write( "98 = 98\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "this confirms the value of x = 140 is good.\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "your solution is that the number of employees before the layoff was 140.\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "
\n" );