The population of a town in 2020 was 100,000. The population decreased by y % y% y % from the year 2020 to 2021 and increased by x % x% x % from the y...

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The population of a town in 2020 was 100,000. The population decreased by

y%

from the year 2020 to 2021 and increased by

x%

from the year 2021 to 2022, where

x

and

y

are two natural numbers. If the population in 2022 was greater than the population in 2020 and the difference between

x

and

y

is 10, then the lowest possible population of the town in 2021 was:

74,000

75,000

72,000

73,000

population growthpercent changenatural numberscat 2023

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