Question

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?

Answer 1

21 thx me later

Explanation:

Answer 2

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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