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Eric has an exterminator visit regularly to control an ongoing cockroach problem. It's been working, and the population has declined by 15% every year. If the population is…

Eric has an exterminator visit regularly to control an ongoing cockroach problem. It's been working, and the population has declined by 15% every year. If the population is…
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Eric has an exterminator visit regularly to control an ongoing cockroach problem. It's been

working, and the population has declined by 15% every year. If the population is currently
2,700 cockroaches, how many will there be in 4 years?

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User Wengeezhang
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Answer:

1080

Explanation:

15% of 2700 is 405

405×4= 1620

2700-1620=1080

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