Question

The enrollment at a college has lowered 8% per year for past two years. if the current enrollment is 541,625 students, find the number of students enrolled two years ago. this in an example of a decrease percent problem. true false

Answer 1

The equation should be
541625=p(1-0.08)^2
P=541,625÷(1−0.08)^(2)
P=639,916 number of students enrolled two years ago

So the answer is true