Question #37768
3. ABC Company currently has ¼ fewer computers than they employees
If they currently have 80 employees and they want to hire more, how many computers will they need to buy to ensure that each employee has one?
If they currently have 80 employees and they want to hire more, how many computers will they need to buy to ensure that each employee has one?
Expert's answer
Now the company has 80*1/4=20 computers. They need to buy 80-20=60 computers. If they hire x employees, they will need to buy 60+x computers.
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Dear saanjones Thank you for your attentive. Your are right, the company has 80*3/4=60 computers. But where did you get the information about 5%? The answer on this task is 20+x, where x is the number of new employees.
The above answer is wrong.( ¼ fewer computers means for 4 employees they have 3 computer).ie for 80 employee 80x .75 which is 60 pc. increase 5% means 84. so 84-60 =24 more pc required.