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\begin{aligned} \text { Then }\{1990 \text { duck population }\} &=\{1980 \text { population }\}+\{\text { change from } 1980 \text { to } 1990\} \\ &=\{12,000\}+\{-2000\}=10,000 \text { ducks. } \end{aligned}.