At the beginning of an environmental study, a forest covered an area of 1500km2 . since then, this area has decreased by 7.1% each year. let t be the number of years since the start of the study. let y be the area that the forest covers in km2 . write an exponential function showing the relationship between y and t .

Last year, a state university received 3,560 applications from boys. of those applications, 35 percent were from boys who lived in other states. part a)how many applications did the university receive from boys who lived in other states? part b)applications to the university from boys represented 40percent of all applications. how many applications did the university receive in all? i don't how to do part b so me and plz tell how you got your answer