This year, Owen's Solar Systems, a growing solar panel manufacturer, hired 96 new employees. That is 20% more than were hired last year. How many new employees were hired last year?____ new employees
Q. This year, Owen's Solar Systems, a growing solar panel manufacturer, hired 96 new employees. That is 20% more than were hired last year. How many new employees were hired last year?____ new employees
Set up equation: Step 1: Understand the problem and set up the equation.Since this year 96 employees were hired and this number is 20% more than last year, let x be the number of employees hired last year.The equation is: 96=x+0.20x
Simplify equation: Step 2: Simplify the equation to solve for x. Combine like terms: 96=1.20x
Solve for x: Step 3: Solve for x, the number of employees hired last year.Divide both sides by 1.20 to isolate x: x=1.2096x=80
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