document.write( "Question 70611: A newspaper has 12,240,000 subscribers this year. The number of subscribers is down 8% from last year. How many subscribers were there last year? Only info is Form A,Chapter 1-6 Cuulative Assessment \n" ); document.write( "
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If the number of last years subscribers is represented by x then
\n" ); document.write( "92% of x will be 12,240,000
\n" ); document.write( "\"%2892%2F100%29%2Ax=12240000\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%2892%2F100%29%2Ax%2A%28100%2F92%29=12240000%2A%28100%2F92%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=12240000%2A%28100%2F92%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "13304347.83
\n" ); document.write( "So the number of subscribers last year is close to 13304348
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