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A certain forest covers an area of 1600km^2. suppose that each year this area decreases by 3.75%. what will the area be after 6 years?

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Final answer:

The area of the forest after 6 years will be approximately 1,299.97 km².

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the area of the forest after 6 years, we need to calculate the area after each year and then subtract 3.75% from the previous year's area.

The formula to calculate the new area is: New Area = Previous Area - (Previous Area * 0.0375).

Starting with an initial area of 1600 km², the area after 6 years will be approximately 1299.9682 km².

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