Question

A $5\%$ of the population in a village is $185$. What is the population of the village?

Answer 1

Let the population of the village is $x$

$5$% of the population is equal to $185$

$\Rightarrow \frac{5}{100}\times x=185$

$\frac{1}{20}\times x=185$

$x=185\times 20$

$x=3700$