Problema Solution

82.25% of the employees at Industrial Mechanics are college graduates. If 254 employees are college graduates, what is the total number of people employed at Industrial Mechanics? Round to the nearest whole number.

Answer provided by our tutors

First we need to change the percentage

to the real number

To do so,

82.25 Multiple by 100

= 8,225

Now 8,225 - 254

=7,971

The total employees without college grads is 7,971

with college grads It is 8,225