1. ## Percentage Problem

Here is the problem:
A company has recently been hiring new employees. Today the company has
26% more employees than it did a year ago. If there are currently 56,700 employees, how many employees did the company have a year ago?

I calculated that 14,742 is 26% of 56,700 employees and subtracted it from the original amount of employees to get 41,958 employees. Although, the homework system says that's wrong but I don't know why?

2. ## Re: Percentage Problem

Originally Posted by whytbh
Here is the problem:
A company has recently been hiring new employees. Today the company has 26% more employees than it did a year ago. If there are currently 56,700 employees, how many employees did the company have a year ago?

I calculated that 14,742 is 26% of 56,700 employees and subtracted it from the original amount of employees to get 41,958 employees. Although, the homework system says that's wrong but I don't know why?
Can you solve $E+0.26E=56700~?$ SEE HERE

3. ## Re: Percentage Problem

Oh, thank you so much! I understand it now I just forgot the last division step. I go 45,000. Which see here says is the correct answer.