document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=39517>Question 39517</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It is estimated that the Earth is losing 4000 species of plants and animals per year.  If S represents the number of species living last year year, how many species are on Earth this year..  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #24965 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=24965\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Look at it this way...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "No matter how many species there were last year, you would be subtracting 4000 to get this year's number...if there were 90,000 last year, you'd have 86,000 this year...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thus if there were S species last year, there would be S - 4000 this year... </SPAN>\n" );
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