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This year, Owen's Solar Systems, a growing solar panel manufacturer, hired 9696 new employees. That is 20%20\% more than were hired last year. How many new employees were hired last year?\newline____ new employees

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Q. This year, Owen's Solar Systems, a growing solar panel manufacturer, hired 9696 new employees. That is 20%20\% more than were hired last year. How many new employees were hired last year?\newline____ new employees
  1. Set up equation: Step 11: Understand the problem and set up the equation.\newlineSince this year 9696 employees were hired and this number is 20%20\% more than last year, let xx be the number of employees hired last year.\newlineThe equation is: 96=x+0.20x96 = x + 0.20x
  2. Simplify equation: Step 22: Simplify the equation to solve for xx. Combine like terms: 96=1.20x96 = 1.20x
  3. Solve for x: Step 33: Solve for x, the number of employees hired last year.\newlineDivide both sides by 1.201.20 to isolate x: x=961.20x = \frac{96}{1.20}\newlinex=80x = 80