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Question 402331: Allentown's employment statistics show that 969 of it's residents were unemployed last month. This is a decrease of 15% from previous month. How many residents were unemployed in the previous month? Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let x = the number unemployed the previous month, then the number unemployed last month can be expressed as: and this given as 969, so... Divide by 0.85 were unemployed the previous month.
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