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The number of trees in a forest is decreasing at a rate of 5% per year. The forest had 24,000 trees 15 years ago. Write an exponential decay function to model the situation. Then find the number of trees now.

A. y = 25,000 (0.85)t; 11,119 trees


B. y = 25,000 (0.95)t; 11,119 trees


C. y = 24,000 (0.95)t; 11,449 trees


D. y = 24,000 (0.95)t; 11,119 trees

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I think the answer is C

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