A major fishing company does its fishing in a local lake. The first year of the company's operations it managed to catch 190,000 fish. Due to population decreases, the number of fish the company was able to catch decreased by 8% each year. How many total fish did the company catch over the first 12 years, to the nearest whole number?

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Jean Mosley

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8 December, 19:01

A major fishing company does its fishing in a local lake. The first year of the company's operations it managed to catch 190,000 fish. Due to population decreases, the number of fish the company was able to catch decreased by 8% each year. How many total fish did the company catch over the first 12 years, to the nearest whole number?

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Rolando Conley · Answer 1

7,600 fish

explanation:

to know the percentage we divide 190,000 by 100.

Which is 1,900 per 1%

now that we know that, we need to know how much is 12*8.

12*8=96

By 12 years the percentage has lowered to 96%

Now we need to know what 1,900*96 is.

1,900*96=182,400

Now we subtract that with 190,000

190,000-182,400=7,600