SOLUTION: After the storm, the number of destroyed flowers was 240 percent more than before the storm. If 68,000 flowers were destroyed after the storm, how many had been destroyed before th

Question 15871: After the storm, the number of destroyed flowers was 240 percent more than before the storm. If 68,000 flowers were destroyed after the storm, how many had been destroyed before the storm ?
Answer by pwac(253) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x= flowers destroyed before storm

2.4x=68000
divide both sides by 2.4
x=28333 this is rounded to nearest whole flower
actual fgure is 28333
Pete
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