Question

Suppose the population of a town is 127,000 in 2014. The population increases at a rate of 5.2 percent every year. What will the population of the town be in 2020? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

Answer:

172,146

Step-by-step explanation:

you can use the exponential growth formula and get y=127000(1.052)^6. after that, you can just solve (make sure you use PEMDAS) and get 172,146.