I am assuming you want to find the simplest form of the inequality.
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1. Start
2. Subtract 9 from each side
3. Divide both sides by 3
Let's consider the scenario after each year:
After the zeroth year, the population is: 120 000(1 + 0.04)⁰
After the first year, the population is: 120 000(1 + 0.04)¹
After the second year, the population is: 120 000(1 + 0.04)²
...
Thus, we can find the general rule:
After the nth year, the population is: 120 000(1 + 0.04)ⁿ
And after the 16th year, the population is 120 000(1 + 0.04)¹⁶ = 224 758 (rounded to nearest whole number)
Given a number n, the addititive inverse is -n since n+(-n)=0. However
n+(-n) is the same as n-n which is 0 also.
SO adding the additive inverse it the same as subtracting
4.0833 sorry if i’m wrong luv did you want it in a fraction?
Answer is 36 hope this helps