Question

Fourteen percent of the town’s population are above the age of 65. If there are 320 residents over the age of 65, approximately what is the town’s population

Answer 1

Explanation:

Fourteen percent of the town’s population are above the age of 65. If there are 320 residents over the age of 65, approximately what is the town’s population?

14% are > 65 years old

and there are 320 people older than 65

so:

320/14% = 2,285.71 population

rounded, the population is approximately 2,286