document.write( "Question 356164: A population of 1234 has increased by 5% from the last year. What was last year's population?\r
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document.write( "A population of 1234 has increased by 5% from the last year
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document.write( "Let x be last years population
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document.write( "1234 = (1 + .05)x
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document.write( "solve for x \n" );
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