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A certain forest covers an area of 2500 km2. Suppose that each year this area decreases by 5.25%. What will the area be after 15 years? Use the calculator provided and round your answer to the nearest
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A certain forest covers an area of 2500 km2. Suppose that each year this area decreases by 5.25%. What will the area be after 15 years?

Use the calculator provided and round your answer to the nearest square kilometer.

User Tanzeeb Khalili
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The area will be
2500(1-5.25/100)^15
=1113km2 (nearest square kilometer)
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