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12 April, 20:33

Every June 1, an ecologist takes a census of the number of wrens in a state park. She noticed that the number is decreasing by $40/%$ each year. If this trend continues, in what year will the census show that the number of wrens is less than $10/%$ of what it was on June 1, 2004

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  1. 12 April, 22:17
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    Answer: 2009

    Explanation: It is given that the wren population is going down by 40% each year. This indicates that each following year's population will be 60% of what was in the year preceeding it. To obtain this, multiply the previous year's number by 0.6 (60%) to get the current year's population. Taking the data from 2004 as 100%, the following calculations are obtained:

    2004 = 100%

    2005 = 60 % (100 * 0.6)

    2006 = 36 % (60 * 0.6)

    2007 = 21.6 % (36 * 0.6)

    2008 = 12.96 % (21.6 * 0.6)

    2009 = 7.776% (12.96 * 0.6)

    From the above calculations, in 2009 the wren population is 7.776% which is less than 10% of the population that was available in the year 2004.
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