Question

The population of honey bees is declining at a rate of 2.25% per year. If the population is 12.6 million in the Southwest, then what will the population be in two years?

Answer 1

\(100\%-2.25\%=97.75\%=.9725\)

Answer 2

in two years it will be
\[12.6\times (.9725)^2\]