Question

The population of Whoville is given by the LaTeX: y=56,000\left(1.03\right)^xy = 56 , 000 ( 1.03 ) xwhere x is the years since 2010.

a) What was the population in 2010?

b) What is the population in 2020?

c) When will the population reach 100,000?

Answer 1

Explanation:

(a) 56000*1.03^0 = 56000

(b) 56000*1.03^10 = 75259

(c) 56000*1.03^x = 100000

1.03^x = 1.7857

x = 19.6

So that will happen in the 2nd half of 2029