If the population of a town grew 16% up to 64,531, what was the population last year?

The population last year was 55630

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given that:

The population of a town grew 16% up to 64,531

we have to find  the population last year

Let population last year be x

The new populationafter growing up by 16% is:

     116% of x=  64531

Hence, the population last year was 55630