Question

South State University has 54,000 students enrolled. Enrollment predictions show that the number of students will grow 1.2% each year for the next 5 years. According to the enrollment prediction, how many students will be enrolled at South State University next year?

Answer 1

Total number of student next year = 54,648

Explanation:

Given:

Total number of student = 54,000

Growth rate = 1.2% each year

Find:

Total number of student next year

Computation:

Total number of student next year = Total number of student(1+Growth rate)

Total number of student next year = 54,000(1+1.2%)

Total number of student next year = 54,648