Hey, I need help. A school has 486 students, and this is an 8% increase from the number of students last year. How many students were in school last year?
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Step-by-step explanation:

Let the original number of students be x

Since the number of students increased by 8% we add 8% to 100% making it 108%

108% of the original number of students gave us 486

So we have

108% of x = 486

108 / 100 × x = 486

Multiply through by 100

108x = 48600

Divide both sides by 108

x = 450

So the number of students in the school last year was 450

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