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five thousand people visited a book fair in the first week the number of vistors increased by 10% in the second week.how many people visted the book fair in the second week

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There was a 10% increase, so multiplying 5,000 by 1.1 (in other words, 100% + 10%) will yield the result of 5,500 people visited the book fair in the second week

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5,500 people. Divide 5000 by 100, getting 50, and multiple 50 by 110. Hope this helps.

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