The town

The town population is 56000. It is decreasing by 2% every year. What will be the population of the town after 13 years?

Correct result:

x =  43065

Solution:

a=56000 q=2%=1−2100=0.98 n=13  x=a⋅ qn=56000⋅ 0.9813=43065

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