At a manufacturing company, 80% of the employees work on the assembly line. If there are 720 assembly-line workers, how many workers are there in the entire company?
x = total employees
.80x = 720
Solve for x.
To find out the total number of workers in the entire company, we need to determine the remaining 20% of employees who don't work on the assembly line.
First, let's calculate the number of employees working on the assembly line. Given that 80% of the employees work on the assembly line and there are 720 assembly-line workers, we can use the formula:
Number of assembly line workers = (Percentage of assembly line workers / 100) * Total number of workers
Substituting the given values in the formula:
720 = (80/100) * Total number of workers
To isolate the Total number of workers, we can rearrange the equation:
Total number of workers = 720 / (80/100)
Total number of workers = 900
Therefore, there are 900 workers in the entire company.
Solve for x.
0.8x = 720