Of the 3,600 employees of ABC Ltd, 1/3 are clerical . If clerical staff were to be reduced by 1/3,what percent of the total number of the remaining employees would then be clerical ?

Of the 3,600 employees of ABC Ltd, 1/3 are clerical . If clerical staff were to be reduced by 1/3,what percent of the total number of the remaining employees would then be clerical ? Correct Answer 25%

Of the 3600 employees of ABC Limited, 1/3 are clerical, so the number of clerical employees is = <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mn>3600</mn><mo>×</mo><mfrac><mn>1</mn><mn>3</mn></mfrac></math> or 1200.Clerical staff were to be reduced by <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mn>1</mn><mn>3</mn></mfrac></math>.So the number of clerical staff were to be reduced is = <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mn>1200</mn><mo>×</mo><mfrac><mn>1</mn><mn>3</mn></mfrac></math> or 400.So the remaining total employee of ABC Limited is =(3600 -400)or 3200remaining total clerical stuff is= (1200 - 400) or 800.Of the 3200 employees of ABC Limited, 800 are clericalOf the 1 employee of ABC Limited <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mn>800</mn><mn>3200</mn></mfrac></math> are clericalof the 100 employees of ABC Limited <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mn>800</mn><mn>3200</mn></mfrac><mo>×</mo><mn>100</mn></math> or 25 are clericalSo, 25 percent of the total number of the remaining employees would then be clerical.

Related Questions