Egal loggers got away with 4 acres of trees at a reserve in central Mexico. That number represents a 97 percent decline from two years prior. How many acres of trees did the illegal loggers get away with two years prior? Round the answer to the nearest acre.

with 133.33 acres of trees

Step-by-step explanation:

4 acres of trees, is a 97% decrease of the previous amount.

This means that if the previous amount was X, then 4 acres is 3% (or 0.03 in decimal form) of X, or:

4 acres = 0.03*X

Now we can solve this for X as:

X = 4acres/0.03 = 133.33 acres

The illegal loggers got away with 133.33 acres of trees

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