Question

14. 5% of the population of a town were killed in an earthquake and 8% of the remainder left the
town. If the population of the town now is 43700, what was its population at the beginning​

Answer 1

Answer:

5+8%=13% 100%-13%=87%

Step-by-step explanation:

87% of x=43700

87x/100=43700

87x=43700*100

X=4370000/87