Question

The rabbit population in a certain area is 500​% of last​ year's population. There are 700 rabbits this year. How many were there last​ year?

please explain specifically :)

Answer 1

The rabbit population last year can be found by dividing this year's population by 5.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many rabbits there were last year, we need to calculate the population of rabbits from last year. We know that this year's population is 700 and it is 500% of last year's population. This means that this year's population is 5 times last year's population, so we can set up the equation:

Last year's population x 5 = 700

To solve for last year's population, we divide both sides of the equation by 5:

Last year's population = 700 ÷ 5

Last year's population = 140

Therefore, there were 140 rabbits last year.