Question

2% of the village died due to man epidemic. a panic set in, during which 14% of the remaining people left the village. If the population is then reduced to 2107, what was it originally?

Answer 1

let the total no of ppl be x
After death due to epidemic, remaining ppl is given by
98 % of x..

After which only 14 % were alive...
So no of ppl alive is 
14% of 98% of x which is 2107

[tex] \frac{14}{100}. \frac{98}{100}x=2107 x= \frac{2107.100.100}{98.14} [/tex]

x=153577

Answer 2

so the answer is 153577

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