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The population of deer in a forest preserve is predicted to decline by 5%this year. If the current population is 560, what population is predicted fornext year?O 5880 532O 200O 28

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The population of dear is predicted to decline by 5% this year.

If the current population is;


P_0=560

Then the population predicted for next year would be;


\begin{gathered} P_1=P_0-5\text{ \% of }P_0 \\ P_1=P_0-(5)/(100)P_0 \\ P_1=P_0-0.05P_0 \\ P_1=0.95P_0 \end{gathered}

Substituting the value of the current population, we have;


\begin{gathered} P_1=0.95(560) \\ P_1=532 \end{gathered}

Therefore, the predicted population for next year is 532.

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