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in a certain town there were 113 robberies last year this year the number of robberies has gone down 14% how many robberies were there this year to the nearest whole number
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in a certain town there were 113 robberies last year this year the number of robberies has gone down 14% how many robberies were there this year to the nearest whole number

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Answer:

99 robberies

Explanation:

What you are basically doing is taking the discount.

1 + 14% = 1.14

113 / 1.14 = 99.12

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