The population of a small town is decreasing exponentially at a rate of 14.3% each year. The current population is 9,400 people. The town's tax status will change once the population is below 6,000 people.
Create an inequality that can be used to determine after how many years, the town's tax status will change, and use it to answer the
question below.
9,400 (0.857 )< 6,000

What I don’t know is

Will the town's tax status change within the next 3 years?