Question

From 2000 to 2015, the amount of newspapers sold in a town declined to 25,000. The number is expected to decline at a rate of 3.7% each year.

How many newspapers will be sold in 2030?
Round to the nearest whole number. Enter your answer in the box.

Answer 1

14,202

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Answer 2

14,202 newspapers will be sold in 2030.

Solution-

In 2015 the amount of newspaper sold was 25,000 and the number is expected to decline at a rate of 3.7% each year.

Taking,

x = number of years after 2015,

y = amount of newspaper sold.

A decay function of x and y can be obtained as follows,

`\Rightarrow y=25000(1-(3.7)/(100))^x =25000(96.3)^x`

Putting the value of x = 15 (as 2030-2015), we can get the value of y or the number of newspaper sold,

`\Rightarrow y=25000(96.3)^(15)=14201.503\approx 14,202`