An international company has 17,000 employees in one country. If this represents 26.2 of the company's employees, how many employees does it have in total?
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64885.4961832, or 64885, employees
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If you take 26.2 percent of a number and get 17000, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 26.2 percent of a number is 17000 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 17000 by 100 and then divide the total by 26.2 as follows: (17000 x 100) / 26.2
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer: 64885.4961832
If you take 26.2 percent of a number and get 17000, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 26.2 percent of a number is 17000 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 17000 by 100 and then divide the total by 26.2 as follows: (17000 x 100) / 26.2
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer: 64885.4961832
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