Answer: 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