Question

In 2004, 34.2 million accountants e-filed income tax returns. That was 114% of the number who e-filed in 2003. Find the number of accountants who e-filed income tax returns in 2003.

Answer 1

30 million.

Explanation:

Let x be the number of accountants who e-filed income tax returns in 2003.

We have been given that in 2004, 34.2 million accountants e-filed income tax returns. That was 114% of the number who e-filed in 2003.

We can represent our given information in an equation as:

`(114)/(100)\cdot x=34.2`

`1.14x=34.2`

`(1.14x)/(1.14)=(34.2)/(1.14)`

`x=30`

Since the number is given in millions, therefore, 30 million accountants e-filed income tax returns in 2003.