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OpenStudy (juana02):

Employee Increase. The Fastlock Company hired 57 new employees, which increased its staff by 30%. What was the original number of employees.

OpenStudy (kropot72):

Let the original number of employees be x. Then we can write: \[\large \frac{57}{x}=0.3\] Now you need to solve the equation to find the value of x.

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