Question

Suppose the population of a town is 8,600 and is growing 1% each year.
a. Write an equation to model the population growth.
b. Predict the population after 12 years.

y = 8,600 * 1^x; about 9,691 people
y = 8,600 * 1.01^x; about 9,691 people
y = 8,600 * 1^x; about 8,600 people
y = 1 * 8,600^x; about 103,200 people

Answer 1

is the second one 1.01 or 0.01?

Answer 2

1.01

Answer 3

then it the second one

Answer 4

then to find the population after 12 years replace x with 12 and solve it

Answer 5

100 percent sure ?

Answer 6

yeap

Answer 7

did you find the population after 12 years?