Question

Solve a town's population increased by 1200people. and then this new population decreased 11% . the town now had 32less people than it did before the 1200 increase. find the original population

Answer 1

let's take the initial population as x
then population increased by 1200 and new population decreased by 11% the town now has 32 less than before so equating all
we get
100x-11x=1200-32
x=13
so initial population is 100x=100*13=1300