An international company has 21,700 employees in one country. If this represents 17.7% of the company's employees, how many employees does
it have in total?
Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Respuesta :

Answer:

122,599

Step-by-step explanation:

In words, what I am is asking is 17.7% of what number is 21,700.  I will need to change 17.7% to a decimal.  To do that, I move the decimal 2 places to the left.  Then solve.

.177 x w = 21700  Divide both sides by .177

w = 122,599