A certain forest covers an area of 2800km^2 suppose that each year this area decreases by 3% what will this area be after 7 years?

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asked Sep 20, 2023 4.3k views

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Anuja Lamahewa · Answer 1 · 2023-09-25T01:08:54+0000

Answer:
$2262.35 \text{km}^2$

Explanation:

Each year, the area of the forest is 0.97 times the area of the previous year.

So, after 7 years, the area will be
$2800(0.97)^7 \approx 2262.35$