Question

A certain forest covers an area of 2600 km?. Suppose that each year this area decreases by 3.5%. What will the area be after 8 years?

Answer 1

loss 3.5% = 1-(3.5/100)=0.965

after 8 years the area will be: 2600*0.965^8=1955.20299..=1955km²

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