A village loses 14% of its goats in a flood and 6% of the remainder die from dieseses.given that the number of goats left is 8084, find the original number of goats in the village
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Answer:
Let G represent (take the place of) the original number of goats in the village.
Write down all the facts you know.
We started with G.
Then 14% died.
Then 6% of what was left died.
Then 8084 were left finally.
"Lost" and "died" suggest these are "take aways" ('-' signs). :^)
The first loss:
0.14G
The remainder after the first loss:
G - 0.14G
The second loss:
0.06 * (G - 0.14G)
G - two losses:
G - 0.14G - 0.06 * (G - 0.14G) = 8084
G - 0.14G - (0.06)(0.86G) = 8084
Factor out the G (so you can divide both sides "cleanly" leaving G on just one side:
G * (1 - 0.14 - 0.0516) = 8084
G * (0.8084) = 8084
Divide both sides by (0.8084) [note: dividing both sides of an EQUATION by the SAME number preserves EQUALITY]:
G = 8084/0.8084 = 10,000
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