Question

A certain forest covers an area of 1700km^2 . Suppose that each year this area decreases by 5.75% . What will the area be after 10 years?

round your answer to the nearest square kilometer.

Answer 1

1700 * 0.9425^10

Answer 2

0.9425 is just 1 - 0.0575

Answer 3

well....

the lazy me feels like whipping out a calculator and punching in x94.25% ten times :3

do you need the serious working or would writing x94.25%x94.25%x94.25% ten times work?

Answer 4

xD that'd work too

Answer 5

so 940?

Answer 6

Thank you both