Asif123 wrote:
From January 1, 1980, to January 1, 1984, the number of employees of Company X declined by 700 per year. If the number of employees on January 1, 1984, was 80 percent of the number on January 1, 1980, how many employees did the company have on January 1, 1984?
(A) 2,800 (B) 3,500 (C) 11,200 (D) 16,800 (E) 17,500
Here,
Let the total employees in the year 1980 = X
There is a decline of 700 employees per year, i.e 2800 employees declined from 1980 to 1984
Hence, we can write the equation as:
X - 2800 = 0.8X
or X = 14000 employees in 1980.
in 1984 no. of employees = 14000 - 2800 = 11,200