Practicing Success
If the annual decrease in the population of a town is 8% and the present population is 79350, then what was the population 2 years ago? |
95795 10000 93750 86750 |
93750 |
8 % = \(\frac{8}{100}\) = \(\frac{2}{25}\) 1st 25 23 2nd 25 23 ----------- --------- 625 529 ↓ x150 ↓ x150 93,750 79350 |