SOLUTION: The number of cars passing a certain junction was counted to be 8288. This was a decrease of 86% compared to the previous week. Find the number of cars passing the junction in the
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Question 1111332: The number of cars passing a certain junction was counted to be 8288. This was a decrease of 86% compared to the previous week. Find the number of cars passing the junction in the previous week.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
previous week was x
this week is 0.14x (86% drop)
0.14x=8288
x=59200.
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