The Wonderful Widget Company's earnings have declined to the point where they need to reduce the number of employees from 850 to 731. Find the percent decrease in the company's workforce. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth, if necessary.

option a is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

scale factor: it is used to find proportional measurements.

proportions means having the same ratio.

scale factor is the ratio of the model measurement to the actual measurement in a simplest form.

or we can say that the ratio of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures

if the scale factor is more than 1, then it is an enlargement,

if the scale factor less than 1, then it is a reduction.

given the two geometric figure:

by definition of proportions, we have

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step-by-step explanation:

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