Question

15. An article reports that "attendance dropped 5.19% this year, to 347." What was the attendance before the drop? Give your answer as a whole number.

Answer 1

An article reports that "attendance dropped 5.19% this year, to 347." What was the attendance before the drop?

Let's take x as the starting quantity,

`x\cdot(1-0.0519)=347`
`0.9481x=347`
`x=(347)/(0.9481)`

`x\approx366`

the attendance before the drop was approximately 366.