Homework Help: algebra

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 11:23pm.

In a local election, 53,400 people voted. This was a decrease of 7% over the last election. How many people voted in the last election? Round to the nearest whole person.

algebra - PsyDAG, Monday, March 14, 2011 at 11:41am
(1 - .07)x = 53,400

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