SOLUTION: A village lost 14% of its goats in a flood and 6% of the remainder from disease. Given that the number of goats left is X 8,084, Find the original number of goats before the floods

SOLUTION: A village lost 14% of its goats in a flood and 6% of the remainder from disease. Given that the number of goats left is X 8,084, Find the original number of goats before the floods

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Question 191301: A village lost 14% of its goats in a flood and 6% of the remainder from disease. Given that the number of goats left is X 8,084, Find the original number of goats before the floods .
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let g be the orginal amount of goats
:
g-.14g-.06(.86g)=8084
:
.86g-.0516g=8084
:
.8084g=8084
:
g=10000 goats
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