Question

When the United States took its firstcensus in 1790, only 4 million peoplelived here. That was 288 millionfewer people than the population in2003. What was the population of theUnited States in 2003?F 292 million H 69 millionG284 million J 1,108 million

Answer 1

Let:

x = population in 1790 = 4000000

y = population in 2003

so:

`\begin{gathered} y=4000000+28800000 \\ y=292000000 \\ y=292_{\text{ }}million \end{gathered}`