document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=262183>Question 262183</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Every June 1, an ecologist takes a census of the number of wrens in a state park. She noticed that the number is decreasing by 40% each year. If this trend continues, in what year will the census show that the number of wrens is less than 10% of what is was on June 1, 2005?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2006 .6x=.6x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2007 .6*.6x= .36x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2008 .6*.6*.6=.216<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2009 .6*.6*.6*.6=.1296<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2010 .6*.6*.6*.6*.6=.077<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so five years later June 2010<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".6^5x<.1x </SPAN>\n" );
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