Answer:
7438.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x be the attendance before the drop.
We have been attendance dropped 16% this year, to 6248. We are asked to find the attendance before the drop.
The attendance after drop would be 84% (100%-16%) of x.
[tex]\frac{84}{100}\cdot x=6248[/tex]
[tex]0.84x=6248[/tex]
[tex]\frac{0.84x}{0.84}=\frac{6248}{0.84}[/tex]
[tex]x=7438.095[/tex]
[tex]x\approx 7438[/tex]
Therefore, the attendance before the drop is 7438.
