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If a town with a population of 15,000 doubles in size every 75 years, what will the population

be 150 years from now?

User Adventune
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15,000x75=1,125,000
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User Edward Moffett
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Answer:

60,000

Explanation:

The first step is to figure out how many times the town will grow in 150 years. So in order to figure that out you should do 150÷75= 2

So then do 15,000×4 (bc it doubles every 75 years and 2 times 2 is 4) = 60,000 people

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