Chapter 1.2, Problem 37PPS

To determine

To find: The expression for the number of amusement parks and arcades and evaluate the values in $2002$ .

Answer to Problem 37PPS

The number of amusement parks and arcades in $2002$ are $3196$ .

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

In $1997$ , there were $3344$ amusement parks and arcades. This decreased by $148$ by $2002$ .

Calculation:

Let the number of amusement parks and arcades in $1997$ are $x$ . So, the expression for the number of amusement parks and arcades in $2002$ is $x-148$ .

Substitute $3344$ for $x$ in the expression.

  $\begin{array}{c}x-148=3344-148\\ =3196\end{array}$

Therefore, the number of amusement parks and arcades in $2002$ are $3196$ .