Question

A town uses positive numbers to track incresses in population and negitive numbers to track decresses in population. The population had decressed by 300 residents over the past 5 years. The same numbers of residents left each year. What was the change in towns population each year?

Answer 1

60 people left each year so -60

Explanation:

-300 is the total population change over the past 5 years

The population decreased.

Divide 300/5 to find the amount of people who left each year

300/5= 60

60 people left each year.

The change in the towns population is (-60)