Question

8% of the employees at a shop work part-time. If there are 4 part-time employees at the shop, how many employees are there in total?

Answer 1

The answer is 50.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the total number of employees be 'e'.

Then number of part-time employees = 8% of t = $\frac{8}{100}\times$ t

Now, it is mentioned that there are 4 part-time employees.

Thus, $\frac{8}{100}\times$ t = 4

Rearranging,

t$= \frac{4 \times 100}{8}$ = 50

Hence, there are in total fifty employees.

Answer 2

Given:

Number of employees who work at shop part-time = 4 employees

Percentage of employees who work at shop part-time = 8%

To find:

The total number of employees working at the shop =?

Solution:

• The total number of employees can be found by following steps-

=> Let "x" be the total number of employees

=> Let the percentage of total employees working at shop 100%

=> Using the principle of proportionality it can be found as:

∴ $\frac{100}{x}$ = $\frac{8}{4}$

∴ Total number of employees = $\frac{100 * 4}{8}$

=> Total number of employees = $\frac{400}{8}$

=> Total number of employees = 50

=> x = 50

Hence, the total number of employees working at the shop is 50.