Question

Can someone please help!

A certain forest covers of 2700 km^2. Suppose that each year this area decreases by 5%. What will the area be after 7 years ?
Round to the nearest square kilometer.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Try to view the problem as what percent REMAINS every year.

Decrease of 4.5% each year means 95.5% remains each year.

Starting with 2700,

Year______________REMAINING

0_________________2700

1________________

2________________

3________________

.

n________________

How much when n=11?

Using a calculator, this is 1627.