Question

An article reports "attendance dropped 16% this year, to 6248." What was the attendance before the drop?

Answer 1

7438.

Explanation:

Let x be the attendance before the drop.

We have been attendance dropped 16% this year, to 6248. We are asked to find the attendance before the drop.

The attendance after drop would be 84% (100%-16%) of x.

`(84)/(100)\cdot x=6248`

`0.84x=6248`

`(0.84x)/(0.84)=(6248)/(0.84)`

`x=7438.095`

`x\approx 7438`

Therefore, the attendance before the drop is 7438.