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A town has a population of 2,800 people on Jan 1, 2001 and is increasing by 4% every year. Estimate (to the nearest hundred) what the population will be on January 1, 2010?

[ Population Growth Equation: P = P0(1 + r)t ]

Question

3.
A town has a population of 2,800 people on Jan 1, 2001 and is increasing by 4% every year. Estimate (to the nearest hundred) what the population will be on January 1, 2010?

[ Population Growth Equation: P = P0(1 + r)t ]

anonymous · Answer

p0 = 2800
r = 0.04
t = 10 
just plug everything into the equation to get P.

anonymous · Answer

i did and the answer is 29 thousand 120 and thats not on of the answers

anonymous · Answer

What are the answers?

anonymous · Answer

I got 3,920. I multiplied 2800 by .04 and got 112. Then I mult. 112 by 10 and got 1120. Then I just added 2800 and 1120 together. Does that work?

anonymous · Answer

A 4000
B 4100
C 3400
D 4300

anonymous · Answer

Oh... hmm... let me try to figure this out.