Practicing Success
If the annual decrease in the population of a town is 13% and the present population is 22707, then what was the population 2 years ago? |
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30000 |
13 % = \(\frac{13}{100}\) 1st year 100 87 2nd year 100 87 ----------- --------- 10000 7569 ↓ x3 ↓ x3 30000 22707 |