The enrollment at a gymnastics academy increased 120% from 2016 to 2017. The enrollment in 2017 was

Discussion in 'Calculator Requests' started by math_celebrity, Jul 23, 2021.

  1. math_celebrity

    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    The enrollment at a gymnastics academy increased 120% from 2016 to 2017. The enrollment in 2017 was 210. What is 2016's enrollment?

    We take 2017's enrollment of 210 and divide by 1.2 since 120% is 1.2 as a multiplier:
    2016 enrollment = 2017 enrollment / 1.2
    2016 enrollment =210/1.2
    2016 enrollment = 175
     

Share This Page