The answer is 18. You add 5 to both sides of the equation. the 5 cancels out. You are left with 2/3x=12. Then you divide 12 by 2/3 to get x. 12 divided by 2/3 is 18
The <em><u>correct answer</u></em> is:

Explanation:
An exponential function is of the form
, where a is the initial population, b is 1 plus the amount of yearly change, and x is the number of years.
For our problem, a, the initial population, is 1500.
The yearly change is 6.3%; 6.3% = 6.3/100 = 0.063. Since it is decreasing, this is negative; 1+(-0.063) = 0.937.
We use t as the number of years.
This gives us

100, because in 3,492, it is in the hundreds place. In 704, it is in the one's place. 100/1 is 100. So 100 times greater.
You do the number line normal but with 11 in the front