1974 AHSME Problem 7

A town's population increased by 1,200 people, and then this new population decreased by 11\%. The town now had 32 less people than it did before the 1,200 increase. What is the original population?

\mathrm{(A)\ } 1,200 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }11,200 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 9,968 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 10,000 \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ }\text{none of these}

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