Question

The population of a town was 47,000 in 1950 and 83,000 in 2010. Assume the rate of population increase is constant.



What will the population be in 2015?
a.85,400
b.89,000
c.83,600
d.86,000

Answer 1

3,000 was your constant rate, so all you had to do is add that with the current population (83,000) and there ya go! ;)

d. 86,000