Ford sold 2,480,942 new vehicles in 2014, a 29.1% increase over 2010. Find 2010 vol.

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In 2014, ford sold 2,480,942 new vehicles in America. This represents a 29.1% increase over the number of new vehicles sold by ford in 2010. Use this information to find the number of new vehicles sold by ford in 2010. Round to the nearest thousand. (Pease I really need help, it is the only question I could not get.)
 
Can you solve a simpler problem?

If I have $110 US and that is 10% more than I had before, how much did I have before?
 
Try to think about it like this
2014 : 100% --> 2,480,942 vehicules
2010 : (100-29.1)% --> ???
vehicules
 
Try to think about it like this
2014 : 100% --> 2,480,942 vehicules
2010 : (100-29.1)% --> ???
vehicules
That is not quite correct. At 2014, the # of vehicles were 29.1% more than the number of vehicles present on 2010.

Let us assume the # of vehicles (present during the base year 2010) = x (the unknown)

There was 29.1% increase in the year 2014, based on # of vehicles present during year 2010 (=x).So:

the # of vehicles present during the year 2014 = x + 0.291 * x = 2480942

Thus

x + 0.291 * x = 2480942

x * (1 + 0.291) = 2480942

x = 2480942/1.291 ............. now calculate "x"
 
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In 2014, ford sold 2,480,942 new vehicles in America. This represents a 29.1% increase over the number of new vehicles sold by ford in 2010. Use this information to find the number of new vehicles sold by ford in 2010. Round to the nearest thousand. (Pease I really need help, it is the only question I could not get.)
To learn how to set up and solve "percent of" exercises like this, try here.

After having studied the full lesson, use the set-up method demonstrated there, using the "x" variable provided to you earlier. (Once you've read the lesson, you'll understand how, in the last reply before this one, the author set up his equation.) If you get stuck, please reply showing your work and reasoning so far. Thank you! ;)
 
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