A company D has 45 percent of the employees are secretaries and 45 percent are salespeople.
A company D has 45 percent of the employees are secretaries and 45 percent are salespeople. If there are 50 other employees of Company D, how many employees does Company D have?
Answer/Solution
500
Steps/Work
Let the total number of employees in the company be x
% of secretaries = 45%
% of salespeople = 45%
% of of employees other than secretaries and salespeople = 100 - 90 = 10%
But this number is given as 50
so 10% of x = 50
x = 500
Therefore there a total of 500 employees in the company D
Correct answer - A
% of secretaries = 45%
% of salespeople = 45%
% of of employees other than secretaries and salespeople = 100 - 90 = 10%
But this number is given as 50
so 10% of x = 50
x = 500
Therefore there a total of 500 employees in the company D
Correct answer - A