And company has recently been hiring new employees today the company has 24% more employees than it did a year ago if they are currently have 40340 how many employees did the company have a year ago

Current employee = 40 340

A year ago a company has 40 340 - 24% employee.

Simply subtract 24% of 40 340 from 40 340 to get the number of employees last year

=> 24% =.24

=> 40 340 x 0.24

=> 9681.6

Now, let’s subtract this 24% from the total number of employees in the current

=> 40 340 - 9 681.6 or 9682

=> 30 658.4 or 30 658

The number of employee last year before it increased 24%