Answer: The newspaper has 2500 readers.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given: The local newspaper has letters to the editor from 50 people.
This is the 2% of all newspaper readers.
Let x be the number of all newspaper readers.
Then. 2% of x= 50
[tex]\Rightarrow\ 0.02x=50\ \ [\text{To remove }\% \text{we divide number by 100}]\\\\\Rightarrow\ x=\dfrac{50}{0.02}=\dfrac{5000}{2}=2500\\\\\Rightarrow x=2500[/tex]
Hence, the newspaper has 2500 readers.
