This is how my teacher taught me hopefully it's the same way for yoy
I'm not completely sure, but this should be exponential growth.
If so, the equation for exponential growth is: y = a(1 + r)^t
If I substitute them with the information you gave me, then is would look like this:
y = 281.4(1 + 0.02)^t
**t = is the number of years after 2000 (based on your question)**
Finished!