The population of a town is decreasing at a rate of 1.1% each year. If there are 3,000 people in the town right now, how many people will be

So, each year, the population was 98.9% as much as it was the year before. So we have

3000(.989)¹⁰ =

$${\mathtt{3\,000}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\left({\mathtt{0.989}}\right)}^{{\mathtt{10}}} = {\mathtt{2\,685.864\: \!943\: \!184\: \!540\: \!916\: \!2}}$$

About 2686 people