Question

A manufacturing company with 450 employees begins a new product line and must increase their number of employees by 18 percent. How many total employees does the company now have?

Answer 1

Answer:

531 employees

Step-by-step explanation:

A manufacturing company with 450 employees begins a new product line and must increase their number of employees by 18 percent. Note that

450 employees - 100%

x employees - 18%.

Mathematically, you can write proportion:

$\dfrac{450}{x}=\dfrac{100}{18},\\ \\x=\dfrac{450\cdot 18}{100}=81.$

The new number of employees is

$450+81=531.$