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A company recently downsized its number of employees by $35 \% .$ If there are still 78 employees, how many employees were there prior to the layoffs?
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Step 1: The company downsized by 35%, which means that the remaining employees represent 100% - 35% = 65% of the original number of employees. Show more…
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