Question

At certain office building, 15% of the employees ride a bicycle to work. If 30 employees bike to work, how many employees are there in all? 1
a. 200 employees
b. 300 employees
c. 400 employees
d. 500 employees

Answer 1

Right off the bat, you can eliminate one of the answers. Do you know which one I am talking about?

Answer 2

Set it up like so:

.15x=30

solve for x

Answer 3

dont get it

Answer 4

divide 30 by 0.15

Answer 5

that will give you x

Answer 6

Which is how many employees there are in total....you can check your answer after you find that by multiplying the total amount of employees by 0.15 and you should get 30 :)

Answer 7

i got 200.

Answer 8

Good job! :D

Answer 9

thanks!:)

Answer 10

You're welcome :)