The pop the population of town which is now ₹70950 is known to have increased by 9% Since the - Maths - Playing with numbers

Question

The pop the population of town which is now ₹70950 is known
to have increased by 9% Since the last year What was the population
last year?

Shruti Tyagi · Accepted Answer

Dear student,

let the population of town last year be xPresent Population of town =70950∴According to question,x+9100×x=70950⇒109x100=70950⇒109x=70950×100⇒x=70950×100109⇒x=7095000109                 65091
74        109 709 5000           -  654                   555               -545                      10 00                      -981                                190                             -109                                    810                             -763                                     470                                 -436                                             34         thus the population of last year is  65091
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The pop the population of town which is now ₹70950 is known to have increased by 9%.Since the last year.What was the population last year?