Answer: 6,800,000 people
Step-by-step explanation:
We are looking for the number of people, not the percentage of wealth that has been made up by the people.
2% of the people are the richest in the United States, and there are 340,000,000 people in total in the United States.
2% = 0.02
340,000,000 * 0.02 = 6,800,000
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<span>5² = 5x5=25
</span><span>7³= 7x7x7= 343
343+25=368
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<span><span>let x = cows last year
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</span><span><span>let y = bulls last year
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</span><span><span>x + y = last years total
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</span><span><span>0.9x + 1.5y = 660 (this year's total)
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<span>1.1(x+y) = 660 </span>= </span><span>1.1x + 1.1y = 660
</span><span>
</span><span><span>so:
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</span><span><span>0.9x + 1.5y = 1.1x + 1.1y
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</span><span><span>subtract 0.9x from each side:
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</span><span><span>1.5y = 0.2x + 1.1y
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</span><span><span>subtract 1.1y from each side
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</span><span><span>0.4y = 0.2x
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</span><span><span>to make x 1 multiply both sides by 5
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</span><span><span>2y = x
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</span><span><span>substitute for x in one of the original problems:
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since they had 660 this year and that number is 10%
higher than last year, then we had 600 total last year. </span>
<span><span>So:
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</span><span><span>600 = x + y
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</span><span><span>substitute into that one with the 2y = x
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</span><span><span>600 = 2y + y
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</span><span><span>600 = 3y
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</span><span><span>200 = y
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</span><span><span>then 600 - y = x
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</span><span><span>so 600 - 200 = x
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400 = x</span>
<span> So you had 400 cows and 200 bulls last year</span>