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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Over the past ten years, the town's population doubled in size. The population is currently 12,000. Use the variable, P, to represent the town’s original population. Set up an equation and find the original population of the town ten years ago.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[P = 12000\div2\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

because in the past ten years the population has doubled, you must divide the current population by 2

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