SOLUTION: The number of blooming pansies increased by 160 percent overnight. If they numbered 117 in the morning, how many pansies had bloomed before nightfall?

Question 333639: The number of blooming pansies increased by 160 percent overnight. If they numbered 117 in the morning, how many pansies had bloomed before nightfall?
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, jrfrunner:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A 160% increase resulted in pansies
Let = number of pansies that had bloomed before nightfall

73 had bloomed before nightfall
Answer by jrfrunner(365) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let A=after amount
let B=before amount
let p=percent change
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A=B*p
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in your example
A=117
B=unknown,need to find
p=160%=1.6
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solve for B, which is what you want
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B=A/p = 117/1.6=73.125 or around 73
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verify
73*1.6=116.8 or 117
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