Each employee of company X works in exactly one of the departments G and H. Currently, there are 1,500 employees at company X and 60 percent of the employees at company X work in department G. If every employee currently at company X remains at company X and remains in the department they are in, then what is the number of new employees who must be hired to work in department G so that 85 percent of the employees working in company X work in department G?
1,275
1,700
2,500
3,750
4,000
oa is C
so this is a kaplan question but their explanation is horrendous. I got this one wrong but it was b/c of a careless error I still dont really understand.. thats why im posting it
this is what i did..
x/85= 600/15 <-- i just assumed since 600 is the constant part I can make that = to 15% and let x = the part for the remaning 85%
i got x=3400 and then i added 600 and picked E... obviously wrong. but i still dont know why i should subtract the 2. was it my method (ie is there an easier way)?
1,275
1,700
2,500
3,750
4,000
oa is C
so this is a kaplan question but their explanation is horrendous. I got this one wrong but it was b/c of a careless error I still dont really understand.. thats why im posting it
this is what i did..
x/85= 600/15 <-- i just assumed since 600 is the constant part I can make that = to 15% and let x = the part for the remaning 85%
i got x=3400 and then i added 600 and picked E... obviously wrong. but i still dont know why i should subtract the 2. was it my method (ie is there an easier way)?
