A town’s population increased by 1200 people, and then this new population decreased 11%. The town now had 32 less people than it did before the 1200 increase. Find the original population.
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Step-by-step explanation:
Let the population be P.
So, the increased population will be P+1200.
The population after 11% decrease in population becomes P−32.
Therefore,
P−32=(P+1200)−
100
11
(P+1200)
P=10000
So, the total population is 10000.
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