Question

The population of a town in 2020 is 40% less than it was in 1980. Find the population in 1980 if it is 49,992 in 2020.

Answer 1

The population of the town in 1982 is 29995.2.

What is a percentage?

A ratio or value that may be stated as a fraction of 100 is called a percentage. And it is represented by the symbol '%'.

Given, the population in 2020 is 49992.

40 percentage of population

= 40 % of 49992

= 40 x 49992/100

= 19996.8

Now the population in 1982

= population in 2020 - 40% of population in 1982

= 49992 - 19996.8

= 29995.2

Therefore the population in 1982 is 29995.2.

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