Question

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A population of fish starts at 8,000 and decreases by 6% per year what is the population of fish after 8 years
12,751 fish
4,309 fish
4,877 fish
4,587 fish

Answer 1

4877 fish

Explanation:

Each year, the fish population is multiplied by 1-6% = 0.94, so after 8 years it has been multiplied by 0.94^8 ≈ 0.609569.

At that time, the population is ...

8000×0.609569 ≈ 4877 . . . fish