I feel like I've answered this already, but I could be wrong. Since it took 10 years for the price to increase by 11 cents, it would take around 7-8 years for it to raise by .8. (.52- .44)
For this case what you can do is the following rule of three: m ---> 100% x ----> 115% Clearing the value of x we have: x = (115/100) * (m) x = 1.15 * (m) Answer: a simplified expression to represent the number of members this year is: x = 1.15 * (m)