Question

The population of a small town is decreasing by 2% per year. The population in the year 2017 was 3,850. A. By how many people will be the population decrease from 2027 to 2018? B. What will be the populatiom of the town in 2018?

Answer 1

A. 77

B. 3,773

Explanation:

According to the problem, computation of given data are as follows,

Population in 2017 = 3,850

Decrease rate = 2% per year

(A) We can calculate number of population decrease from 2017 to 2018 by using following formula,

Number of population decrease = Population in 2017 × Decrease rate

= 3,850 × 2%

= 77

(B). Total population in 2018 = 3,850 - 77

= 3,773