Question
In a company, 70% of the employees are in the
engineering department, and the rest are in the marketing department. 50% of the engineering employees and 30% of the marketing employees have received performance bonuses. If the number of employees who did not receive performance bonuses is 350, find the total number of employees in the company.Solution
ATQ, Let the total number of employees be ‘y’. According to the question, (0.5 × 0.70y) + (0.7 × 0.30y) = 350 Or, 0.35y + 0.21y = 350 Or, 0.56y = 350 Or, y = 350 / 0.56 = 625 The total number of employees in the company is 625.
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