Question

population growth problem: the deer population in georgia was 450,000 in 2010, and the population doubles every 5 years. in what year will the deer population in georgia reach 1 million

Answer 1

We know that in 2020 the population of deer will be 900,000 based on the given numbers. In another 5 years the population will be over 1 million (1,350,000) in order to calculate when it will reach 1 million we need to see how much growth is gained per year. I believe to obtain that information we will need to divide 450,000 by 5 that equals 90,000 a year. So if I’m 2020 the population of deer will be 900,000 than add 90,000 until you reach your 1 million marker. In this case 2021 would be 990,000 thousand so 2022 would be 1,080,000. So your answer should be year 2022. Hope that helps.