A population of 900 bears decreases by 15% per year. How many bears will there be in the population after 7 years? Round your amswer to the nearest whole number.

289
2,394
9
795

@mathstudent55

Question

A population of 900 bears decreases by 15% per year. How many bears will there be in the population after 7 years? Round your amswer to the nearest whole number. 

289
2,394
9
795

@mathstudent55

anonymous · Answer

The answer is 289

anonymous · Answer

YES BUT HOW DID MY SON GET THAT ANSWER..

anonymous · Answer

CAN YOU PLEASE WRITE IT OUR FOR ME..

anonymous · Answer

decrease by 15% multiply by .85
decrease by 15% 7 times in a row, multiply by .85^7
i.e. compute 
900×(.85)^7

goformit100 · Answer

A warm Welcome to OpenStudy. I can help guide you through this useful site. You can ask your questions to me or you can message me. Please use the chat for off topic questions. Remember to give the person who helped you a medal by clicking on "Best Answer". We follow a code of conduct, ( http://openstudy.com/code-of-conduct ). Please take a moment to read it.