Of the 800 employees of Company P, 60 percent have been with the company for at least ten years. If q of theselong-termmembers were to retire and no other employee changes were to occur, what value of q would reduce the percent oflong-termemployees in the company to 50 percent ?
Choose the correct choice from the following
A) 200 B) 160 C) 112 D) 80 E) 56
The # oflong-termemployees is 60%*800=480.   After q of them retire new # oflong-termemployees would become 480-q.   Total # of employees would become 800-q.   We want 480-q to be 50% of 800-q --&gt; 480-q=(800 -q)*50% --&gt; q = 160.   Answer: 160.
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Of the 800 employees of Company P, 60 percent have been with the company for at least ten years. If q of theselong-termmembers were to retire and no other employee changes were to occur, what value of q would reduce the percent oflong-termemployees in the company to 50 percent ?