document.write( "Question 220105: Coastal’s current enrollment is 5144 students. This represents a 12% increase from enrollment 5 years ago. What was the enrollment 5 years ago? Round to nearest whole number \n" ); document.write( "
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Set your equation as so,
\n" ); document.write( "5144/x=1+12%
\n" ); document.write( "5144/x=112%, in other words 5144 is 112% of what
\n" ); document.write( "Convert percentage to a decimal fraction
\n" ); document.write( "5144/x=1.12
\n" ); document.write( "5144=1.12x, solve for x
\n" ); document.write( "5144/1.12=x
\n" ); document.write( "x=4592.857142all repeated
\n" ); document.write( "Enrollment 5 yrs ago was 4593 students
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