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18 April, 20:22

There are 209 7th graders this year. This is a 5% decrease from last year. How many 7th graders were there last year?

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  1. 18 April, 20:36
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    220

    Step-by-step explanation:

    okay, so 209 7th graders this year

    since there was a 5 percent decrease from last year, 209 is 95 percent of the 7th graders from last year

    so then we can set up a proportion

    209/0.95=x/1

    we can cross multiply

    0.95x=209

    x=220
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