SOLUTION: If 20% of a company's 5,000 employees will retire in the next ten years, how many will NOT retire?

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Question 567646: If 20% of a company's 5,000 employees will retire in the next ten years, how many will NOT retire?
Answer by Maths68(1474) About Me  (Show Source):
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Retire = 20%
Not retire = 100%-20%=80%
80% of 5000 = (80%)(5000)
80% of 5000 = (80/100)(5000)
80% of 5000 = (80)(50)
80% of 5000 = 4000
4000 will not retire.