After the storm, the number of destroyed flowers was 240 percent more than before the storm. If 68,000 flowers were destroyed after the storm, how many had been destroyed before the storm?

Question

How do you find the number of flowers that had been destroyed before the storm?

Answer 1

240% more means 240+100=340% or 3.4. If x is the number destroyed before the storm then 3.4x=68000 after the storm, so x=68000/3.4=680000/34=20000. There were 20,000 destroyed before the storm.