A city finds its residents are moving to the suburbs. Its population is decreasing by 1.5% per year. If the initial population of the city was 50,000, what will its population be in 10 years?
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5% per year, which means that each year the population is decreasing by 0.015 times the current population. So, the annual decrease in population can be calculated as follows: Annual decrease = 0.015 x Current population Show more…
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