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A city population, which was initially 15,500, has been dropping by 3% a year. The graph below represents this function. We'll use this information to find out how long it will take for the population to be less than 8000 people. can some one help me solve this

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8000=15500(1-0.03)^x
Solve for x
X=22years
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