SOLUTION:  In a local town 36,000 families have incomes less than $30,000 per year. This number of families is 80% of the families that had this income level 6 years ago. What was the numbe

Algebra ->  Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems -> SOLUTION:  In a local town 36,000 families have incomes less than $30,000 per year. This number of families is 80% of the families that had this income level 6 years ago. What was the numbe      Log On

From the condition,


    36000 = 0.8*x


    x =  = 45000.    ANSWER