Question 1054017
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In a company, 70% of the workers are men. If 1,380 women work for the company, how many workers are there in all?
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Then 30% of the workers are women, and you have this equation

0.3x = 1380.

Solve it for x and get the number of workers

x = {{{1380/0.3}}}.

Use your calculator.
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There is a bunch of lessons on percentage problems 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/percentage/lessons/Percentage-problems.lesson>Percentage problems</A>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems/Percentage-word-problems-%28Type-1-problems-Finding-the-Part%29.lesson>Percentage word problems (Type 1 problems, Finding the Part)</A>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems/Percentage-word-problems-%28Type-2-problems-Finding-the-Rate%29.lesson>Percentage word problems (Type 2 problems, Finding the Rate)</A>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems/Percentage-word-problems-%28Type-3-problems-Finding-the-Base%29.lesson>Percentage word problems (Type 3 problems, Finding the Base)</A>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems/More-complicated-percentage-problems.lesson>More complicated percentage problems</A>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems/Problems-on-percentage-that-lead-to-unexpected-results.lesson>Problems on percentage that lead to unexpected results</A>

in this site.