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Answer:
The American population was 20% of the British population.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let us call the american population,
the British population before the migration, and
the population that migrated from America to Britannia.
Now, the population that migrated was 20% of the american population:
,
and the same population increase the British population by 4%:
Combining equation (1) and (2) we get:
Thus, the American population was 20% of the British population.
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
distribute 2 into (4x+2) and -12 into (x-1)
8x+4=4x-12x+12
combine like terms
8x+4=-8x+12
add -8x on both sides
8x+8x+4=12
16x+4=12
subtract 4 on both sides
16x=8
divide both sides by 16
x=1/2
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