Question

The population of a town is decreasing at a rate of 2% per

year. In 2000 there were 1600 people.

a) Write an exponential decay function to model this situation.

b) Then find the population in 2008.​

please help me, Thank you

Answer 1

1362

Explanation:

so

A=1600(1-0.02)^8

A = total population after 8 years

1600 = initial amount of people

0.02 = percent in decimal

8 = years after 2000

1- = decay