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