hemso8flakoto
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  • 03-09-2016
  • Mathematics
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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?

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nrc07
nrc07 nrc07
  • 03-09-2016
The population ten years ago was 6,000.

Because the population doubled you divide 12,000 by 2

12,000 / 2 = 6,000
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texaschic101
texaschic101 texaschic101
  • 03-09-2016
over the past 10 years it has doubled in size...so ten years ago it was half the size it is now. it is now 12,000....so 10 yrs ago it would have been 6,000
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