Question

Enrollment at ELAC decreased by 5%, or 600 people, the year. How many people were enrolled last year?

Answer 1

12,000.

Explanation:

Let x be the number of people that were enrolled last year.

We have been given that enrollment at ELAC decreased by 5%, or 600 people, the year. We are asked to find the number of people that were enrolled last year.

We can set as equation such that 5% of x equals 600.

`(5)/(100)\cdot x=600`

`0.05x=600`

`(0.05x)/(0.05)=(600)/(0.05)`

`x=12,000`

Therefore, 12,000 people were enrolled last year.