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Question 1026983: I tried to understand this problem:
A high school football game had an attendance of 561, which is 19% more than last week. How many people attended last week's game?
I got:
(100+19)%=119%*561=1.19*561=667.59
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
561 is 19% more than a number; what is the number?

n, the unknown number.
Answer by MathTherapy(10555)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I tried to understand this problem:
A high school football game had an attendance of 561, which is 19% more than last week. How many people attended last week's game?
I got:
(100+19)%=119%*561=1.19*561=667.59
Let number of attendees last week be A

Then number of attendees this week = A + .19A = 1.19A

Therefore, we get: 1.19A = 561

A, or number of attendees last week = . Round up to the nearest integer. 

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