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Given that the hot chocolate is made of 480 grams of milk and 20 grams of cacao.
We need to determine the percentage of cacao in hot chocolate.
<u>The percentage of cacao:</u>
The total grams of hot chocolate can be determined by adding the total grams of milk and the total grams of cacao.
Total grams of hot chocolate = Grams of Milk + Grams of cacao
Total grams of hot chocolate = 480 + 20 = 500 grams.
Thus, the total grams of hot chocolate is 500 grams.
Now, we shall find the percentage of cacao.
The percentage of cacao is given by
Simplifying, the values, we get,
Thus, the percentage of cacao is 4%
Given parameters:
Current population = 530,300 people
Growth rate = 0.8% per year
Unknown
Population in 15 more years = ?
To solve this problem, we must compound the increase per year.
This implies that we treat the problem like that of a compound interest.
Since we know that population increases by 0.8%,
it is similar to 1 + = 1.008 increase
Now the population in 15years will be;
530300 x (1.008)¹⁵ = 597626 people
So, the population after 15yrs is 597626 people