Can someone please help!
A certain forest covers of 2700 km^2. Suppose that each year this area decreases by 5%. What will the area be after 7 years ?
Round to the nearest square kilometer.

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Answer:


Step-by-step explanation:You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Try to view the problem as what percent REMAINS every year.

Decrease of 4.5% each year means 95.5% remains each year.  

Starting with 2700,  

Year______________REMAINING

0_________________2700

1________________

2________________

3________________  

.

n________________  

How much when n=11?

 

Using a calculator, this is 1627.