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a small fictional country had a population of 2,254,000 people in the year 2000. if the population grows steadily at a rate of 3.5% each year, what is the expected population of this country in the year
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a small fictional country had a population of 2,254,000 people in the year 2000. if the population grows steadily at a rate of 3.5% each year, what is the expected population of this country in the year 2015 to the nearest 1000?

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3,437,000 people

2,254,000 times .035 = 78890 new people per year
78890 times 15 years= 1183350 new people in 15 years
2254000+1183350= 3437350 total people in 2015
rounded to the nearest 1000= 3,437,000
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