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

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Lalit Verma · Answer 1 · 2020-06-15T18:20:18+0000

Answer: 140

Explanation:

Given : The rabbit population in a certain area 500% of last year's population. There are 700 rabbits this year.

Let x be the number of rabbits in last year.

Then , According to the question , we have

500% of x = 700

$\Rightarrow\ (500)/(100)* x=700$ [To convert percent into fractions , we divide it by 100]

$\\\\\Rightarrow\ 5* x=700\\\\\Rightarrow\ x=(700)/(5)=140$

Hence, there were 140 rabbits last year.