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In a factory, there are workers, executives and clerks. 59% of the employees are workers, 460 are executives, and the remaining 360 employees are clerks. How many employees are there in the factory?

(A) 1500
(B) 2000
(C) 2500
(D) 3000
(E) 3500
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In a factory, there are workers, executives and clerks. 59% of the employees are workers, 460 are executives, and the remaining 360 employees are clerks. How many employees are there in the factory?

(A) 1500
(B) 2000
(C) 2500
(D) 3000
(E) 3500
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59% are employee so 41% are clerks & executives
or say
41*x/100 = 460+360
solve for x
x= total employee = 2000
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In a factory, there are workers, executives and clerks. 59% of the emp 16 Apr 2019, 10:23
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2,000

820=41%x
x= 2000

I rounded the percentage 820=40%x , which was 2050, therefore the closest would be 2000
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In a factory, there are workers, executives and clerks. 59% of the employees are workers, 460 are executives, and the remaining 360 employees are clerks. How many employees are there in the factory?

(A) 1500
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(D) 3000
(E) 3500
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Let x be the total number of Emp.

\(\frac{41}{100}* x =820\)
x=2000
Answer B

P.S. Please can this question be tagged as Percentage rather than overlapping?Thank you.
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In a factory, there are workers, executives and clerks. 59% of the employees are workers, 460 are executives, and the remaining 360 employees are clerks. How many employees are there in the factory?

(A) 1500
(B) 2000
(C) 2500
(D) 3000
(E) 3500
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Letting n = the total number employees in the factory, we can create the equation:

n = 0.59n + 460 + 360

0.41n = 820

n = 2,000

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