A website recorded 1,351 visitors one month. This was 30% less than the number of visitors to the site the previous month. The following equation represents this situation, where x represents the number of visitors to the site the previous month.

x - 0.3x = 1,351

How many visitors did the website record in both months combined?

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A website recorded 1,351 visitors one month. This was 30% less than the number of visitors to the site the previous month. The following equation represents this situation, where x represents the number of visitors to the site the previous month.

x - 0.3x = 1,351

How many visitors did the website record in both months combined?

australopithecus · Answer

x - 0.3x = 1,351
x(1-0.3) = 1,351
x = 1,351/0.7

australopithecus · Answer

you should be able to solve from here

anonymous · Answer

3,281

australopithecus · Answer

anything you are not getting??

solve for x and add the number of visitors from both months

anonymous · Answer

would it be 1930?

australopithecus · Answer

x = 1930 since, "x represents the number of visitors to the site the previous month." then we know the amount of visitors for the previous month

australopithecus · Answer

now it is just the matter of adding two numbers together

anonymous · Answer

x-0.3x=1351=>
0.7x=1351=>
x=1930
The total visitors of the 2 months
=1930+1351
=3,281

anonymous · Answer

Hit the best answer button

anonymous · Answer

okay