A town has a population of 5000 and grows at 4% every year. To the nearest year, how long will it be until the population will reach 11600?

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asked May 17, 2021 163k views

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Vitalii Dmitriev · Answer 1 · 2021-05-21T20:31:27+0000

Answer:

About 21.457 years

Explanation:

You can solve this by setting up a simple equation.

$5000\cdot 1.04^x \geq 11600$

$1.04^x \geq 2.32$

log base 1.04 2.32=x

$x\approx 21.457$ years

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