Question

A city has a population of 300000 people. Suppose that each year the population grows by 8.5%. What will the population be after 15 years? Use the calculator provided round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

682,500 people

Explanation:

so just find how many people per year it grows by then add that number 15 times to 300,000

so 8.5% of 300,000 is 25,500 people

now multiply that by 15 to get 382,500

add that to 300,000