Question 619668
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Hi,re TY..Yes! typo on the extra zero. Note highlighted: amount + 60% increase = 37000. 
Sales{{{highlight(x)}}} at a local ice cream shop went up 60% in 5 years.
37,000 ice cream cones  sold in the current year...
  {{{x + .60x = 37000}}}
  x(1.60) = 37000
       x  = 37000/(1.60)
       x = 23,125, the number of ice cream cones sold 5 years ago.