Question

The sales of new cars at a dealership increased by 3% this year to 360. Find the number of sales the previous year.

Answer 1

Answer:

350.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the number of sales previous year.

We have been given that the sales of new cars at a dealership increased by 3% this year to 360.

We need to find x such that x plus 3% of x equals 360. We can represent this information in an equation as:

$x+(\frac{3}{100}*x)=360$

$x+0.03x=360$

$1.03x=360$

Upon dividing both sides of our equation by 1.03 we will get,

$\frac{1.03x}{1.03}=\frac{360}{1.03}$

$x=349.51456\approx 350$

Therefore, the number of sales the previous year was 350.