Question

Ninety-three percent of a town’s population owns cars. If the number of cars owned is 5,208, what is the population of the town?

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Answer 1

5600

Explanation:

Let p represent the number of people in the town. If we assume that each car owner owns only one car, then we have ...

0.93p = 5208

p = 5208/0.93 = 5600

The population of the town is 5600.