## brittanyburton Group Title 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 one year ago one year ago

1. andriod09 Group Title

i foundes you again. :P

2. brittanyburton Group Title

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

3. andriod09 Group Title

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

4. brittanyburton Group Title

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

5. andriod09 Group Title

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

6. brittanyburton Group Title

i just dont know how to do the equation..

7. brittanyburton Group Title

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

8. satellite73 Group Title

lol

9. andriod09 Group Title

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

10. satellite73 Group Title

hmmm

11. satellite73 Group Title

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

12. brittanyburton Group Title

nope i lied i dont

13. satellite73 Group Title

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

14. andriod09 Group Title

@satellite73 where'd you get the .97?

15. brittanyburton Group Title

okay @satellite73 is write

16. andriod09 Group Title

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