As given that the number of yearly robberies in Springfield in 2013 was 180
And then went down by 40% in 2014.
So robberies were there in Springfield in 2014:
[tex]\begin{gathered} N=180-180\times\frac{40}{100} \\ N=180-72 \\ N=108 \end{gathered}[/tex]So robberies were there in Springfield in 2014 are 72