Question

The population of a city increases by 3.1% per year. If this year's population is 119,000, what will next year's population be, to the nearest individual?

- I just honestly don't know where to start. I haven't done percents in a while, so I need to jog my memories. Any advice on where to start?

Answer 1

The next year population is 122,689

Explanation:

The computation of the next year population is as follows:

= This year population × increase percentage

= 119,000 × (1 + 0.031)

= 119,000 × 1.031

= 122,689

Hence, the next year population is 122,689

The above formula is applied so that the correct value of the population could come

and the same is relevant

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