A company has recently been hiring new employees. Today the company has 24 percent more employees than it did a year ago. If there are currently 58900 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 24 p erce n t 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 58900 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 : 47500

Solution steps

Translate the problem into an equation:

58900 = x + 0.24 x

58900 = x + 0.24 x : x = 47500

Amount before addition : 47500