Finding a final amount in a word problem on exponential growt....
A certain forest covers an area of 2600 km². Suppose that each year this area decreases by 5%. What will the area be after 5 years?
Use the calculator provided and round your answer to the nearest square kilometer.

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Answer:

2012 km squared

Step-by-step explanation:

2600(.95)^5

if its going down by 5 percent, we minus 5 from 100 and put it in decimal form. any decimal lower than 1.00 will result in a lower number. for 5 years, we place 5 as an exponent

uh sorry if that doesn't make a lot of sense