Question

A town uses positive numbers to track increases in population and negative numbers to track decreases in population.
The population has decreased by 300 residents over the past 5 years. The same number of residents left each year.
What was the change in the town's population each year?
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Answer 1

Given :   The population has decreased by 300 residents over the past 5 years.   The same number of residents left each year.

A town uses positive numbers to track increases in population and negative numbers to track decreases in population.

To Find :  What was the change in the town's population each year

Solution:

Population decreased = 300

negative numbers to track decreases in population.

=> Population change= - 300

Hence number of years = 5

change in the town's population each year  = population change / number of years

=> change in the town's population each year  =  -300/5

=>  change in the town's population each year  =  -60

change in the town's population each year  =  -60  residents

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Answer 2

Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

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