I apologize for misunderstanding your request. Let’s express it purely as a multiplication problem without division.
Since the ski club increased by 30%, you can express the number of students this year, 182, in terms of last year's enrollment:
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Let’s call last year’s enrollment \( x \).
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The relationship can be set up as:
\[
x \times 1.30 = 182
\]
To solve it as a multiplication problem, think of last year's enrollment as being multiplied by 1.30 to give 182.
Now, if we rewrite the equation as:
\[
1.30 \times x = 182
\]
We can still find \( x \) as follows:
To express this with multiplication:
\[
x = 182 \div 1.30
\]
But rather than divide directly, you could think of the calculation as finding the number that when multiplied by 1.30 equals 182. Hence, recognizing the relationship:
\[
x = 182 \times \left(\frac{1}{1.30}\right)
\]
And if you'd like to directly see the math without division or rephrasing it:
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We can consider that for multiplying it out:
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This means that last year's students \( x \) multiplied by 1.30 equals this year’s students.
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If you were solving purely within the function of your requirement for multiplication, you could simply note that if \( 182 = 1.30 \times x \):
If we just note it like this and rearrange intuitively:
\[
x = 182 \times \left(\text{something that derives from } 1.30\right)
\]
However, the essential solution comes to the concept of knowing that:
Last year's count is represented as:
\[
x = 182 \times 0.769230769 , (which is \frac{1}{1.30} )
\]
Approximately, you multiply to confirm:
\[
140 , \text{(the number last year matches to confirm slightly less)}
\]
Therefore, the core essence was \( 1.30 \cdot x \) relates directly as a multiplication resulting in 182.
To summarize:
- Original \( x \) multiplied by 1.30 confirms the new total without needing direct division if you are defining a multiplier situation.
If you want a simpler multiplication example (as in student's growth):
- Start with the original \( x \) = 140 and see \( 140 \) times \( 1.30 \) gives 182 directly.
Thank you for your patience, and I hope this clarifies the approach!