SOLUTION: I need help with a percentage problem: In a local election, 43,400 people voted. This was a decrease of 5% over the last election. How many people voted in the last election.

Question 487223: I need help with a percentage problem: In a local election, 43,400 people voted. This was a decrease of 5% over the last election. How many people voted in the last election.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number who voted in
the last election
given:

45,684 voted in the last election

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