Question

In a newspaper, it was reported that the number of yearly robberies in Springfield in

2013 was 180, and then went down by 40% in 2014. How many robljeries were there
in Springfield in 2014?

Answer 1

The number of robberies in 2014 is 108

Explanation:

Here, we want to calculate the number of robberies in 2014

from the question, the robberies went down by 40%

Let the number of robberies in 2014 be x

Thus;

40/100 * 180

= 72

This means that the value it went down was by 72

Thus;

x = 180-72

x = 108