You need workers to finish a large project. On a list of 30 possible workers, 9 are not available. You need only 1/3 of the remaining workers for the project. How many workers do you need?
Question
You need workers to finish a large project. On a list of 30 possible workers, 9 are not available. You need only 1/3 of the remaining workers for the project. How many workers do you need?
Solution
First, subtract the number of unavailable workers from the total number of workers. This gives you the number of available workers:
30 (total workers) - 9 (unavailable workers) = 21 (available workers)
Next, calculate 1/3 of the available workers because that's the number of workers you need for the project:
21 (available workers) * 1/3 = 7
So, you need 7 workers for the project.
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