Question

A town's population decreased 1.29 over a 5 year period. If the town's population is now 1,729, what was the population before the decrease?

Answer 1

To find the original town's population before a decrease of 1.29 over five years from the current population of 1,729, add 1.29 to the current population to get 1,730.29, which rounds to 1,730.

Step-by-step explanation:

The population of a town decreased by 1.29 over a 5-year period.

To find the original population before the decrease, we need to add 1.29 to the current population.

So, we perform the following calculation:

Original Population = Current Population + Decrease

Original Population = 1,729 + 1.29

Original Population = 1,730.29

Since population numbers are whole numbers, we can round the result to 1,730 as the original population of the town before the decrease.