Question
A city has a population of 380,000 people. Suppose that each year the population grows by 9%. What will the population be after 12 years?
Use the calculator provided and round your answer to the nearest whole number.
Use the calculator provided and round your answer to the nearest whole number.
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Answer:
1,068,813
Step-by-step explanation:
Each year, the population is multiplied by 100% + 9% = 1.09. We want to multiply the population by that factor 12 times. An exponent is used to signify (and compute) that repeated multiplication. The population will be ...
380,000 × 1.09^12 ≈ 1,068,812.6 ≈ 1,068,813
