Question

The population of a city this year [2018] is 34,500. The population is expected to grow by 2% each year. What will be the population if the city in 2025?

A. 39,300
B. 23,180
C. 123,619
D. 39,630
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Answer 1

The answer would be A. 39,300.

I got this by multiplying 34,500 by 2% and getting 690. Since 2018 is 7 years away from 2025, I multiplied 690 by 7 getting 4,830. I added the 4,830 to the original population of 34,500 and got my answer, 39,300. Hope I helped!