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The population of growth of a town is 20,000 it decreased at a rate of 9% per year in about how many years will the population be fewer than 13,000

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4 years

Explanation:

9% of the population is 1800. subtract that to get 18200. thats 1 year. subtract again to get 16400. thats 2 years. again to get 14600. 3 years. and then again to get 12800 which is less than 13000. so its 4 years.

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