Question 530549
A local government had an employee reduction and lost 1/10 of it employees. If  198 of its employees were left after the reduction, how many employees were there originally?
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Equation:
If 1/10 left, 9/10 remained.
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Let "x" be the original number.
Equation:
(9/10)x = 198
x = (10/9)198
x = 220 (original number)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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