Problema Solution
Sales at a local ice cream shop went up 20% in 5 years. if 14,000 ice cream cones were sold this year, find the number of ice cream cones sold 5 years ago.
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Let x = sales 5 years ago
Today's sales are:
120% of sales 5 years ago
120% = 1.2
1.2x = 46000
x = 38,333