Question

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?

Answer 1

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`