A faculty lost 1/5 of its faculty in the reduction. If 88 faculty were left, how many faculty were there originally?
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0.2x + 88 = x
88 = 0.8x
110 = x
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To solve this problem, we can use algebra. Let's assume that the original number of faculty members is "x".
According to the problem, the faculty lost 1/5 of its members, which means 1 - 1/5 = 4/5 of the original faculty members remained.
We can express this relation as an equation:
4/5 * x = 88
To solve for x, we need to isolate it. First, we can multiply both sides of the equation by 5/4 to get rid of the fraction:
(4/5 * x) * (5/4) = 88 * (5/4)
This simplifies to:
x = 110
Therefore, the original number of faculty members was 110.