A company survey found that 2.5% of its work force held an advanced college degree. If the company had 110 employees with an advanced degree how much employees did the company have?

1. Identify that \(2.5\%\) of the total number of employees, denoted as \(x\), is equal to \(110\).

\frac{2.5}{100} \times x = 110

2. Simplify the percentage:

\frac{2.5}{100} = \frac{1}{40}

3. Substitute the simplified value back into the equation:

\frac{1}{40} \times x = 110

4. Solve for \(x\) by multiplying both sides by \(40\):

x = 110 \times 40

5. Calculate to find:

x = 4400

6. Therefore, the total number of employees is \(4400\).