#972 · Algebra · Sequences & series

Town versus country population in 1871

Between 1871 and 1881 the total population of England increased by $15.9%$ . During the same period the town population increased by $18%$ and the country population by $4%$ . Find the ratio of the town population to the country population in 1871.

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H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891) · Ch. II. Proportion, Examples II, No. 23

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Checked against the answer in H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891).