A company has recently been hiring new employees. Today the company has 36% more employees than it did a year ago. If there are currently 71400 employees, how many employees did the company have a year ago?

Solution

A co m p an y ha s rece n tl y b ee n hi r in g n e w e m pl oyees . T o d a y t h e co m p an y ha s 36% m ore e m pl oyees t han i t d i d a ye a r a g o . I f t h ere a re c u rre n tl y 71400 e m pl oyees, h o w man y e m pl oyees d i d t h e co m p an y ha v e a ye a r a g o ?

Amount before addition : 52500

Solution steps

Translate the problem into an equation:

71400 = x + 0.36 x

71400 = x + 0.36 x : x = 52500

Amount before addition : 52500