Question

A town has a population of 17000 and grows at 3% every year. What will be the population after 7 years, to the nearest whole number?

Answer 1

Answer:

122570

(17000*1.03)7

Answer 2

Answer:

20,908 to nearest whole number.

Step-by-step explanation:

We multiply by 1.03  ( because its 100 + 3 per cent) , for every year.

So it is 17,000 * 1.03^7

= 20,908