Question

If I told you that Mexico's population was 100,000,000 and that their population growth rate was 3.5%, then what would their population be one year from now?

Answer 1

The population one year from now would be 103,500,000

Explanation:

The current population is 100,000,000

Growth rate of 3.5%.

So the population one year from now is 3.5% of the current population(100,000,000) added to the current population(100,000,000).

3.5% of 100,000,000 is 0.035*100,000,000 = 3,500,000.

Added to 100,000,000

100,000,000 + 3,500,000 = 103,500,000

The population one year from now would be 103,500,000