Question

A company has recently been hiring new employees. today the company has 35% more employees than it did a year ago. if there are currently 37,800employees, how many employees did the company have a year ago?

Answer 1

Answer:

28000 employee

Step-by-step explanation:

let x be the number of the employees of the company ,a year ago.

the statement “today ,the company has 35% more employees than it did a year ago”

means  

$x+\frac{35}{100} x=37800$

$\Longrightarrow x\times \left( \frac{100}{100} +\frac{35}{100} \right) =37800$

$\Longrightarrow x\times \left( \frac{135}{100} \right) =37800$

$\Longrightarrow x=\frac{37800\times 100}{135}$

$\Longrightarrow x =28000$