78 staff members are staying on the thanksgiving holiday.
My Work/Reasoning:
There are 117 staff members in total. [tex]117=100[/tex]%[tex]=1=3/3= \frac{3}{3} [/tex]
1/3 of the total staff members left. [tex] \frac{3}{3} - \frac{1}{3} [/tex]
2/3 of the staff members are left. [tex] \frac{2}{3} [/tex]
If you put the leftover staff members into a simple sentence, you get: __ is 2/3 of 117. [tex] \frac{2}{3} *117=[/tex]__
After solving the equation, you learn that 78 of the staff members are staying.
