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Question 955084: College had a faculty reduction and lost 1/5 of its faculty. if 320 faculty members were left after the reduction , how many members were there originally? Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 320 left are 4/5 of the original. 4/5=0.80:
320/0.80=400 ANSWER: There were originally 400 faculty members.
