document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=166249>Question 166249</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The number of American daily evening papers dropped 12.6% from 1990 to 1994. There were 1084 evening papers in 1990. How many were there in 1994?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let \"x\" be the number in 1994.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 1084 - 0.126(1084) = 1084(1-0.126) = 1084(0.874) = 947.416<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rounding down you get x = 947 newspapers<BR>\n" );
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