Practicing Success
If the annual decrease in the population of a town is 4% and the present population is 57,600, then what was the population 2 years ago? |
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62500 |
4 % = \(\frac{4}{100}\) = \(\frac{1}{25}\) 1st 25 24 2nd 25 24 ----------- --------- 625 576 ↓ x100 ↓ x100 62,500 57,600 |