SOLUTION: The count of discourage unemployed workers rose to 503,000, 2 1/2 times as many as in the previous year. How many discouraged unemployed workers were there in the previous year?
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Question 1015419: The count of discourage unemployed workers rose to 503,000, 2 1/2 times as many as in the previous year. How many discouraged unemployed workers were there in the previous year? Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 503,000 represents 2.5 times the amount from last year...if we call that amount x, we can write
2.5x = 503000
x = 503000 / 2.5 = 201200 workers in the previous years
