Question

fifteen percent of the workers at nationwide industries earn minimum wage. if 24 workers earn minimum wage, how many total workers are there at nationwide industries?

Answer 1

If you do 100 divided by 15 times 24 you get 160

Answer 2

Let the total number of workers be x

Since its given in statement, that 15% of workers earn minimum wage and that is equal to 24.
i.e 15 % of x = 24
x*15/100 = 24
x = 24*100/15
x = 160
therefore total number of workers are 160