A population of 1200 leopards decreases by 12% per year. How many leopards will there be in the population after 6 years? Round to the nearest whole number.

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anonymous · Answer

is it a continouus decrease ? if it is in nature, most probably ?

anonymous · Answer

What?

anonymous · Answer

Here P= 1200, r = 12%, n=6
Since population of tigers is depreciating, thus we use the formula:

$$A= P(1-\frac{r}{100})^2$$
Substituting the values:

$$A= 1200(1-\frac{12}{100})^6$$  

$$= 1200(1-0.12)^6= 1200 (0.88)^6 =1200 \times 0.4644 =557.28 \approx 557$$
Thus after 6 years approximately 557 tigers would be left.

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anonymous · Answer

Thank you! Also for explaining it too.