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[HELP ASAP]~ A city has a population of 240000 people. Suppose that each year the population grows by 4%. What will the population be after 6 years?

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Answer:

multiply the population each year by 4% or 0.04

year 1 increase by 9600, population 249,600

year 2 increase by 9984, population 259,584

year 3 increase by 10,383, 269,967

year 4 increase by 10,799, 280,766

year 5 increase by 11,231, 291,997

year 6 increase by 11,680, 303, 677

Explanation:

I rounded the totals.

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