Question

This year a company produced 8 percent more items than last year. If the company produced 297 items this year, how many items did the company produced last year?

Answer 1

The company produced 275 items last year.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let,

Percent of  items produced by company last year = 100%

This year, the company produced 8% more so;

Production this year = (100+8)% = 108%

Number of items produced this year = 297

Let,

x be the number of items produced last year.

108% of x = 297

$\frac{108}{100}x=297\\1.08x=297$

Dividing both sides by 1.08

$\frac{1.08x}{1.08}=\frac{297}{1.08}\\x=275$

The company produced 275 items last year.

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