The current population of a small city is 38000 people. Due to a loss of jobs, the population is decreasing
by an average of 475 people per year. How many years (from now) will it take for the population to
decrease to 31825 people?
A) Write an equation you can use to answer this question. Be sure all the numbers given above appear in
your equation. Use z as your variable and use no commas in your equation.
The equation is
B) Solve your equation in part [A] for z.