A company has recently been hiring new employees. Today the company has 27% more employees than it did a yeathere are currently 63,500 employees, how many employees did the company have a year ago?
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Answer:50,000 employeesStep-by-step explanation:Here,The current employees = 63,500As 27% new employees has been hired,If the last year's employees are 100, current year's employees will be (100+27) = 127.If current employees are 127, last year's employees = 100If current employees are 1, last year's employees = 100/127If current employees are 63,500, last year's employees = (100*63,500)/127 = 50,000 employees Therefore, the company had 50,000 employees a year ago.