To solve this problem you would add 3 1/3 and 1 2/3 which would give you a total of 5. Then you would subtract 5 from you total 8 cups of flour which will give you a difference of 3 cups of flour left.
Decrease of 25% means only 855 people? Okay, so you want to backtrack. If you divide by 25% you’re going to get what it was for a 75% decrease. So divide by .75 instead. 855/.75 = 1140 unemployed residents last month
