document.write( "Question 547859: 8% of a population left a town.If the population is now 2852,find the population before the 8% left.How many people left town? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #356614 by mathie123(224) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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if 8% of the population left, this means 92% of the original population remains.
\n" ); document.write( "This means that 92% is 2852. We need to find what 100% is. Making this a proportion question we have (where x is the original population):\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"2852%2F0.92=x%2F1\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Solving for x we get
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=3100\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let's double-check this:
\n" ); document.write( "8% of 3100 is 0.08*3100=248
\n" ); document.write( "If we did our question properly the amount that left plus the amount that stayed is the original
\n" ); document.write( "248+2852=3100 ((it worked!))\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Hopefully this helps:) \n" ); document.write( "

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