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The population of a country town is decreasing at a rate of 5% p.a. How many years will it take for the town's population of 17000 to fall below 10000? Time taken = years
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The population of a country town is

decreasing at a rate of 5% p.a.
How many years will it take for the town's
population of 17000 to fall below 10000?
Time taken =
years

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It would take 9 years for the population to fall below 10000.

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