Question

A town uses positive numbers to track increases in population and negative numbers to track decreases in population. The population has decreased by 300 residents over the past 5 years. The same number of residents left each year. What was the change in the town's population each year?

a) 50 residents left each year.
b) 60 residents left each year.
c) 100 residents left each year.
d) 150 residents left each year.

Answer 1

The change in the town's population each year is 60 residents leaving.

Step-by-step explanation:

The population has decreased by 300 residents over the past 5 years. We can divide the total decrease (300) by the number of years (5) to find the change in the town's population each year. Therefore, the change in the town's population each year is 60 residents left, which corresponds to option b) in the question.