Question

Suppose that during the 1990s, the population of a certain country was increasing by 1.7% each year. If the population at the end of 1993 was 5.4 million, what was the population at the end of 1994?
a.
91,800 people
c.
5,400,000 people
b.
5,612,879 people
d.
5,491,800 people

Answer 1

from the end of 1993 to the end of 1994, this represents one year of growth

since it grows 1.7% per year, simply add on 1.7%* 5.4 million, to the original 5.4 million, to get the solution