15. An article reports that "attendance dropped 5.19% this year, to 347." What was the attendance before the drop? Give your answer as a whole number.

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Hintswen · Answer 1 · 2023-10-12T21:02:24+0000

An article reports that "attendance dropped 5.19% this year, to 347." What was the attendance before the drop?

Let's take x as the starting quantity,

$x\cdot(1-0.0519)=347$
0.9481x=347

$x\approx366$

the attendance before the drop was approximately 366.