SOLUTION: a publisher printed 56 million pages in its production last year. If this represents a 112% over the number of pages printed the previous year, how many pages were printed the pre

Question 12359: a publisher printed 56 million pages in its production last year. If this represents a 112% over the number of pages printed the previous year, how many pages were printed the previous year?
Answer by akmb1215(68) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Set up the equation, using n as the number of pages the publisher produced the previous year. Change the percent to a decimal (1.12): 1.12n = 56,000,000. Then, solve by dividing: n = 56,000,000/1.12 = 50,000,000. The publisher produced 50,000,000 pages last year.
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