Question

In 2010, the population of a city was 241,000. From 2010 to 2015, the population grew by 5%. From 2015 to 2020, it fell by 4%. To the nearest 100 people, what was the population in 2020? help im about to die

Answer 1

242, 900 people

Explanation:

To begin, it says that the population grew by 5%.

(241000)(1.00 + 0.05) = population of the city in 2015

(241000)(1.05) = 253050

253050 is the population of the city in 2015. From 2015 to 2020 it fell four percent.

(253050)(1.00 - 0.04) = population of the city in 2020

(253050)(0.96) = 242928

242928 is the exact population of the city. However, it says to round to the nearest hundred. Since 28 is less than 50, then it would round down to 900.

Therefore, the answer would be 242, 900 people.