Question

After a 15% increase, a town has 115 people. What was the population before the increase?

Answer 1

100 people

Explanation:

Population Of People=115Percentagencrease=15%

The New Population corresponds to 115%

(That is 100+15)

We want to find the population that corresponds to 100% that is the original population.

Therefore Original Population;

`(100)/(115)* {115}{}`

`100 \: people`