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A population of 1,750 cheetahs decreases by 10% per year. How many cheetahs will there be in the population after 11 years? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

 Apr 7, 2020

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Set up the equation 1,750*(100%-10%)^11 years= 549 cheetahs.

 

Hope it helps!

 Apr 7, 2020
 #1
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Best Answer

Set up the equation 1,750*(100%-10%)^11 years= 549 cheetahs.

 

Hope it helps!

HELPMEEEEEEEEEEEEE Apr 7, 2020
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Or... Another way to solve it is this, we can make an equation. 

We know that the cheetah population is decreasing by 10% each year so each year it will be (100-10)% = (90% = 0.9) of the amount of cheetah's the previous year. Since it is going on for 11 years it's exponential. 

 

1750 * (0.9)^11 

= 549.17

 

Rounding to the nearest integer we get 549 cheetahs. 

 

 

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