Last year at an accounting firm, accountants made up 40% of the total employees. This year, 50% of these accountants left for another company, and new accountants, which amounts to 50% of the total employees left, joined the company. What percent of the total employees are accountants this year?

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Let the total employees be 100.

Accountants = 40 (40% of the total employees).

50% of these accountants left → accountants = 40 - 20 = 20.

Total employees left = 100 - 20 = 80.

New accountants, which amounts to 50% of the total employees left, joined the company → new accountants = 0.5 × 80 = 40.…

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