The volume will decrease.
If everything else remains the same then it will decrease. If other sides were increased proportionally then it would stay the same. It would increase if other sides were enlarged more than the length was shortened.
You need 2-7 all answered ?
So are you trying to simplify one side to get it to look like the other?
At the end of the zeroth year, the population is 200.
At the end of the first year, the population is 200(0.96)¹
At the end of the second year, the population is 200(0.96)²
We can generalise this to become at the end of the nth year as 200(0.96)ⁿ
Now, we need to know when the population will be less than 170.
So, 170 ≤ 200(0.96)ⁿ
170/200 ≤ 0.96ⁿ
17/20 ≤ 0.96ⁿ
Let 17/20 = 0.96ⁿ, first.
log_0.96(17/2) = n
n = ln(17/20)/ln(0.96)
n will be the 4th year, as after the third year, the population reaches ≈176
