Question

A town has 10 acres of conservation land. The town plans to increase the amount of conservation land by about 5% every 10 years. Write the equation that shows this situation. Let x be the number of decades.

Answer 1

Land after 10 years = Present land area (
`1+(R)/(100)`)^n

Land after 10 years = 16.288 acres

Explanation:

Given as ,

Present land area = 10 acres

it is increasing 5% for every 10 years

so,

Land after 10 years = present land area (
`1+(R)/(100)`)^n

Land after 10 years = 10 acres (
`1+(5)/(100)`)^10

= 10 (1.6288)

= 16.288 acres

Hence, land area after 10 years will be 16.288 acres Answer