SOLUTION: Engineering Construction Company laid off 120 of its workers. If the number represented 16% of the total number of workers, how many were originally employed?

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Question 206378: Engineering Construction Company laid off 120 of its workers. If the number represented 16% of the total number of workers, how many were originally employed?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Engineering Construction Company laid off 120 of its workers. If the number represented 16% of the total number of workers, how many were originally employed?
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Let x be the number originally employed.
Equation:
0.16x = 120
x = 120/0.16
x = 750
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Stan H.