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VLD [36.1K]
3 years ago
12

Over the past ten years, the town's population doubled in size. The population is currently 12,000. What was the population ten

years ago? Which of the following represents the given word problem if "P" represents the population ten years ago?
A) 2(P + 10) = 12,000
B) 2P = 12,000
C) P = 2(12,000)
Mathematics
1 answer:
jeyben [28]3 years ago
8 0

The answer is B

The population is P

If it doubled it is 2P or 2 times P and that equals 12,000

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