A company has been forced to reduce its number of employees. Today the company has 34% fewer employees than it did a year ago. If there are currently 363 employees, how many employees did the company have a year ago?

Solution

Solution

Amount before reduction : 550

Solution steps

Translate the problem into an equation:

363 = x - 0.34 x

363 = x - 0.34 x : x = 550

Amount before reduction : 550

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