Answer:
30 million.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x be the number of accountants who e-filed income tax returns in 2003.
We have been given that in 2004, 34.2 million accountants e-filed income tax returns. That was 114% of the number who e-filed in 2003.
We can represent our given information in an equation as:
[tex]\frac{114}{100}\cdot x=34.2[/tex]
[tex]1.14x=34.2[/tex]
[tex]\frac{1.14x}{1.14}=\frac{34.2}{1.14}[/tex]
[tex]x=30[/tex]
Since the number is given in millions, therefore, 30 million accountants e-filed income tax returns in 2003.
