Simple word problem, so confused.
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According to the table above, how many full time employees does the company have in total?
What percentage of Anchor Global Insurance Full Time employees are employed in the US?
a) 49.23
b) 48.9
c) 51.03
d) 50.07
e) 49.92
How did you come to an answer?
How many of them work in the US?
How do you compute a percentage of a total?
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Please do as mmm asked you.
In addition, I think I MAY know why you are not posting any additional work: it's because you do not know how to do any more.
After you have done what mmm asked you to do, please tell us IN ADDITION how to compute a percentage in the normal case if you know how to do that. I am suspecting that you know HOW to do the computation if you KNOW the relevant numbers, but that you are confused about how to FIND the relevant numbers for this particular problem.
The fact remains that we need you to help us understand your situation so we can help you.
1735 + 1740 = 3475
3475 / 1740 = 1.9971 ?
I am not sure where to go. I feel like I should be multiplying something against another number but the issue I have is a complete misunderstanding of how to compute to solve.
So I take a probable answer, 51.03 and and divide it by 3475. I get 0.0293?
I dont believe I am entering the percents correctly, as I am punchiing 51.03 into the calculator.
You guys are awesome, thanks for patience.
3475 / 1740 = 1.9971 ?
I am not sure where to go. I feel like I should be multiplying something against another number but the issue I have is a complete misunderstanding of how to compute to solve.
So I take a probable answer, 51.03 and and divide it by 3475. I get 0.0293?
I dont believe I am entering the percents correctly, as I am punchiing 51.03 into the calculator.
You guys are awesome, thanks for patience.
Ok, so we know that the total number of full time employees is 3,475. Of this amount, 1,740 are in the US. So the percentage of full time employees that are in the US is 1740/3475 = .5007 or 50.07%
We would be even more patient if you would read the page that mmm asked you to read:
http://www.freemathhelp.com/forum/threads/78006-Read-Before-Posting
Before you post another question, read that page by clicking on the URL above and follow its instructions henceforward. People will not always be patient.
OK you got the total number of full time employees simply by adding up a column of numbers.
One of the most common uses of a percent is to give a measure of how many are in a part relative to how many are in the total. When you use percentages for THAT purpose, you are ALWAYS dividing the total number INTO the number in the part and then multiplying by 100 to get a percent. And the answer will always be \(\displaystyle \ge\) 0% and \(\displaystyle \le\) 100%. (These statements are true only if you are comparing part to total.)
So \(\displaystyle \dfrac{1740}{3475} * 100 = what?\)