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In 2008 the population of Odessa County was 62,000, but it has fallen each of the last two years. If it fell 10% in 2009 and then another 5% in 2010, what is the current population of Odessa County?

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Answer:

52700 in 2010

Explanation: i just divided !!add 10% to 5%=15% and divided 62,000 and it equals to 52,700

User Aleksei Poliakov
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Answer:

The population of Odessa County in 2010 is 53,010

Step-by-step explanation:

Initial population is 62,000. The 10% of 62,000 is 6,200, so by 2009 the population fell to 55,800.

The 5% of 55,800 is 2,790, which means that by 2010, the population fell to 53,010.

The total population of Odessa County in 2010 is 53,010 people.

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