The Population of a Mining Town Declined from 17,500 to 14,500

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Short Answer

The population of a mining town declined from 17,500 to 14,500 in a five-year period. If the population continues to decrease at the same compound annual rate, how long, to the nearest month, will it take for the population to drop by another 3,000?

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Definitions:

Capital Account

The section of a nation’s international balance of payments statement in which the foreign purchases of that nation’s assets and that nation’s purchases of assets abroad are recorded.

Balance

This term can refer to the difference between total debits and total credits in an account, or to achieving a state of equilibrium in various contexts such as financial planning, work-life balance, etc.

Payments

Payments are the transfers of money or the consideration of goods or services from one individual or entity to another.

Gold Standard

A historical system of fixed exchange rates in which nations defined their currency in terms of gold, maintained a fixed relationship between their stock of gold and their money supplies, and allowed gold to be freely exported and imported.