Question

Egal loggers got away with 4 acres of trees at a reserve in central Mexico. That number represents a 97 percent decline from two years prior. How many acres of trees did the illegal loggers get away with two years prior? Round the answer to the nearest acre.

Answer 1

Answer: with 133.33 acres of trees

Explanation:

4 acres of trees, is a 97% decrease of the previous amount.

This means that if the previous amount was X, then 4 acres is 3% (or 0.03 in decimal form) of X, or:

4 acres = 0.03*X

Now we can solve this for X as:

X = 4acres/0.03 = 133.33 acres

The illegal loggers got away with 133.33 acres of trees