Question

an international company has 12,300 employees in one country. if this represents 23.7% of the companys employees, how many employees does it have in total?
round your answer to the nearest whole number.
employees

Explanation:

Step1: Set up the proportion

Let \( x \) be the total number of employees. We know that \( 12300 = 0.237x \) (since \( 23.7\%=\frac{23.7}{100}=0.237 \)).

Step2: Solve for \( x \)

$$ x=\frac{12300}{0.237} $$

$$ x=\frac{12300000}{237}\approx51898.73 $$

Step3: Round to the nearest whole number

Since \( 0.73>0.5 \), we round up.

Answer:

\( 51899 \)