Question

a certain Forest covers an area of 2000 square kilometers. Suppose that each year this area, decreases by 6%. What is the equation that best represents the area of the forest each year?

Answer 1

The answer is .06x * 2000, then you would subtract the number that results from this equation from the 2000 to get the area of the forest each year.

For example:

Let’s suppose that it is 3 years from the initial decrease. Let’s plug this into the equation.

.06(3) * 2000 = 360

Then you would take that 360 and subtract it from the 2000 to get the total area that is left

2000 - 360 = 1640 square km

Hope this helps!