Question 1132469
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The condition in the post missed one important key word.
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      An international company has 19900 employees in one country. If this represents 28.7 {{{highlight(percents)}}} of the company's employees, 
      how many employees does it have in total? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.
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<U>Solution</U>


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Let x be the total number of employees (the value under the question).


Then  from the condition


    0.287*x = 19900,


which gives you


    x = {{{19900/0.287}}}.


Use your calculator and then make rounding as required.
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