SOLUTION: Over the past several months, the water level of a lake has been decreasing by 2% each week. If the highest water level before the decrease started was 618 ft, what was the level a

Question 883223: Over the past several months, the water level of a lake has been decreasing by 2% each week. If the highest water level before the decrease started was 618 ft, what was the level at the end of 6 weeks?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Over the past several months, the water level of a lake has been decreasing by 2% each week. If the highest water level before the decrease started was 618 ft, what was the level at the end of 6 weeks?
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A loss of 2% leaves 98% = 0.98*the previous week.
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618*0.98^6
=~ 547.45 feet
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