A company has recently been hiring new employees. Today the company has 33% more employees than it did a year ago. If there are currently 53,200 employees, how many employees did the company have a year ago?

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  400

Step-by-step explanation:

If x represents the number of employees a year ago, the current number is ...

  x + 0.33x = 53,200

  x = 53,200/1.33 = 400

The company had 400 employees a year ago.

option 1 is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

y varies inversely with x and constant of variation is 4

the equation will be:

y = k/x

where k =4 so,

y = 4/x

if we put values of x of option 1 in the above equation and find values of y

y = 4/-2 => y =-2

y = 4/-1 => y = -4

y = 4/1 => y = 4

y = 4/2 => y =2

so, all the values of x and y are correct.

if we put values of x given in other options and find value of y we cannot find whole table satisfying the equation.

hence option 1 is correct.