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The Trans-Global Shipping Company has been forced to lay off some workers due to a decrease in revenue. Last year, the company had to lay off 9090 people. So far this year, they have had to lay off 30%30\% more employees than last year. How many have been laid off this year?\newline____\_\_\_\_ people

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Q. The Trans-Global Shipping Company has been forced to lay off some workers due to a decrease in revenue. Last year, the company had to lay off 9090 people. So far this year, they have had to lay off 30%30\% more employees than last year. How many have been laid off this year?\newline____\_\_\_\_ people
  1. Calculate Percentage: Calculate 30%30\% of 9090 to find out how many more employees were laid off this year compared to last year.\newlineCalculation: 30%30\% of 90=0.30×90=2790 = 0.30 \times 90 = 27
  2. Find Additional Layoffs: Add the additional layoffs this year to last year's total to find the total number of layoffs this year.\newlineCalculation: 9090 (last year) + 2727 (additional this year) = 117117

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