Question

6. A certain company has 80% engineers. If the engineers constitute 40% of its total workforce, find the number of employees in the company.

Answer 1

number of employees=200

Step-by-step explanation:

employees as engineers=80%

engineers constituion in total workforce=40%

let the total number of employees be 'x'

step 1: 40/100 * X =80

step 2: 2/5 * X = 80

step 3: X= 80 * 5/2 (reciprocal)

step 4: X= 200 (total no. of employees)