Question

Over the past ten years, the town's population doubled in size. The population is currently 12,000. What was the population ten years ago? Which of the following represents the given word problem if "P" represents the population ten years ago? 2(P + 10) = 12,000 2P = 12,000 P = 2(12,000)

Answer 1

2P = 12,000. hope I helped!

Answer 2

The answer is ; 2P = 12,000

Explanation:

Over the past ten years, the town's population doubled in size. The population is currently 12,000.

Let "P" represents the population ten years ago.

Hence, the following represents the given word problem if "P" represents the population ten years ago:

`2P=12000`

Simple population is P (given) and when it is doubled, we get 2P.