Question

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 43700 what was its population at the beginning?​

Answer 1

Answer:

50229.88

Step-by-step explanation:

let the population be x

100x/100-13x/100=43700

87x/100=43700

x= 43700*100/87

x= 50299.88

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Answer 2

Answer:

50,230

Step-by-step explanation:

5%+8%=13%

so that's mean 43700 is 87% of the population

to check my answer just do this:

50230-13%=43700