Question

The population of a city is 250,000 and the annual growth rate is 2.2%. Write an equation to model the population y after x years.

Answer 1

Answer:

$y= 250000(1.022)^x$

Step-by-step explanation:

The population of a city is 250,000 and the annual growth rate is 2.2%

General equation for exponential growth is

$y= P(1+r)^x$

Where y is final population and P is the initial population

'r' is the rate of growth and x is the number of years

p = 25000 and r= 2.2%= 0.022. Replace all the values in the general equaiton

$y= P(1+r)^x$

$y= 250000(1.022)^x$