Question

a certain company has 80 employess who are engineers .in this company engineers constitute 40 %of its work force .how many people are employed in the company

Answer 1

40% engineers =80
1%=2
therefore
100%=2*100
=200 employees

Answer 2

given

number of engineers = 80

percentage = 40%

if 40 % = 80

then 100 % = 100 X 80 /40 = 200.

number of employees = 200