Given:
One-seventh of the employees of certain companies work in the Southeastern region. If the company employs 247 workers in that region,
Required:
Find the total number of employees.
Explanation:
Let the number of employees be x.
According to the question
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{1}{7}x=247 \\ x=247\times7 \\ x=1729 \end{gathered}[/tex]Final Answer:
The total number of employees working is 1729.