Question

A local government had an employee reduction and lost 1/15 of its employees. If 308 of its employees were left after the reduction, how many employees were there originally?

Answer 1

if you multiply 308 time (1/15) you get how many a (1/15) increase would be
if you multiply 308 times (16/15) you get how many a (1/15) increase would be plus the original 308

the opposite happens when you divide (a decrease, like in this problem)
308/(16/15) = 328.5333436

Answer 2

So there were 328?

Answer 3

well, rounding i guess it would be 329... but i dont know how you would have half a person so... either

Answer 4

Okay. Thank you very much.

Answer 5

np