Question

Tacoma's population in 2000 was about 200 thousand, and has been growing by about 8% each year. If this continues, what will Tacoma's population be in 2013?

Answer 1

Answer: The population will be 408,000 people.

Explanation:

So in 2000 there were 200,000 people and it started to grow 8% every year so up to 2013.

so find 8% of 200,000 and then multiply it by the the number of years.

8% * 200,000 = 16,000

Find the difference between the years.

2013 - 2000 = 13 years

13 * 16000 = 208000 This is the amount of new people from 2000 to 2013 so add it to the original population.

208,000 + 200,000 = 408,000