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A certain forest covers an area of 3700 km² suppose that each year this area decreases by 8.25% what will the area be after six years

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Find the multiplier:

1 - 0.0825 = 0.9175

final = original x multiplier^n

n is the number of years

Substitute in the values:

final = 3700 x 0.9175^6

Solve:

final = 2207.182081

The area will be 2207.18 km^2

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