The current population of Charles Town is 53,500. What will the population be in seven years if it is declining 3% per year?
A. 10272
B. 43227
C. 52387
D. 66215

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The current population of Charles Town is 53,500. What will the population be in seven years if it is declining 3% per year? 
 A. 10272 
 B. 43227 
 C. 52387 
 D. 66215

andriod09 · Answer

i foundes you again. :P

anonymous · Answer

Hahaha oh my! So...the easy way out or the hard way?

andriod09 · Answer

depends, do you want to take the easy way or the hard way? :P

anonymous · Answer

easy! i have like 5 questions left and wanna finish this asap lol

andriod09 · Answer

lol. so tell me then. how do you start? (note, my easyway doesn't involve me giving yuo answers.)

anonymous · Answer

i just dont know how to do the equation..

anonymous · Answer

& you should give me the answer bc its not even for me :)

anonymous · Answer

lol

andriod09 · Answer

the equation is simple. it would be $$population\div.03$$

anonymous · Answer

hmmm

anonymous · Answer

actually i think i would be 
$$53500\times (.97)^7$$

anonymous · Answer

nope i lied i dont

anonymous · Answer

to decrease a number by 3% means you have $97\%=.97$ of it left
to decrease by $3\%$ 7 times, multiply it by $(.97)^7$

andriod09 · Answer

@satellite73 where'd you get the .97?

anonymous · Answer

okay @satellite73 is write

andriod09 · Answer

ohh. okay. i see what you mean. sorry i was wrong @brittanyburton