This year, 7 fewer students tried out for Lesterville High School's football team than tried out last year. This is a 14% decrease. How many students tried out last year? This year?
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Help plz. This doesn't make any sense to me.
If there were x students, we are told that
.14x = 7
x = 50
check:
14% of 50 = 7
so, 43 students tried out this year, a 14% decrease from the 50 last year.
.14x = 7
x = 50
check:
14% of 50 = 7
so, 43 students tried out this year, a 14% decrease from the 50 last year.
Thank you very much. It makes a lot of sense now. Now I can do the problems that are similar to this.
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