Question

The population of a certain town increased by 2% from 35,000. What was the population after the increase?

Answer 1

\[P' = P*(1+\frac{ r }{ 100 })^n\]
where P' = population after n years
P = present population

Answer 2

P*r + P of course

Answer 3

took me a second to figure out what the 100 was doing there :)

Answer 4

might want to round up to avoid a fraction of a person walking about ....