Question

The population of a town increases

every year by 8%. If the population in the year 2018 is
1,18,800, what was the population in the year 2017?​

Answer 1

109,296

Explanation

Hi!

What i would do is to divide the original number by 100 to get the one percent and then multiply it by 8 o get the 8%. Then I would minus the 8% from the original number to get the answer:)