As the farmers are becoming more alert of the harmful effects of applying only the chemical fertilisers and insecticides in agricultural lands, the number of farmers using fertilisers and insecticides in village of Rasulpur decreases by 20% in a year in comparison to its previous year. Three years before, the number of such farmers was 3000, let us calculate the number of such farmers in that village now.
The number of farmers using fertilizers and insecticides 3 years before was 3000.
Let present number such farmers in the village be x.
∴ At present the number of such farmers ![]()
By the condition, ![]()
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∴ x = 1536
∴ The number of such farmers in that village in the present year is 1536.
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