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148 employees is 4% of what number of employees

 Oct 13, 2014

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Let  n  represent the number of employees.

Then 4% of n  =  148

Replace 'of'' with 'times'

 4% of n  =  148  

 4% · n  =  148  

Since 4%  =  0.04:

0.04 · n  =  148  

Divide by 0.04:

0.04 · n ÷ 0.04 =  148 ÷ 0.04

n  =  3700

 Oct 13, 2014
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148/0.04

= 3700 employees

 Oct 13, 2014
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Best Answer

Let  n  represent the number of employees.

Then 4% of n  =  148

Replace 'of'' with 'times'

 4% of n  =  148  

 4% · n  =  148  

Since 4%  =  0.04:

0.04 · n  =  148  

Divide by 0.04:

0.04 · n ÷ 0.04 =  148 ÷ 0.04

n  =  3700

geno3141 Oct 13, 2014

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