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The population of a certain city is 35% greater than it was 10 years ago. If the population in this city today is 105,000, what the population 10 years ago?

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let 'x' represent the population 10 years ago


0.35*x + x = 105,000


1.35x = 105,000


by solving we find


x = 77,778


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the population 10 years ago was 77,778.