Question

Population of a town increases by 5% during the first year and by 7% during the second year at the end of second year the population was 40446 what was the population at the beginning

Answer 1

During one year, the population of a town increased by 5 % and during the next year, the population decreased by 5%. If the total population is 9975 at the end of the second year, then what the population size in the beginning of the first year.