SOLUTION: Suppose the population of a country was 200,000,000. If the population grows by 1.5% annually, by how many people will the population increase in the next 6 years?

Question 583758: Suppose the population of a country was 200,000,000. If the population grows by 1.5% annually, by how many people will the population increase in the next 6 years?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Suppose the population of a country was 200,000,000. If the population grows by 1.5% annually, by how many people will the population increase in the next 6 years?
Increase = 2E8*(1 + 0.015)^6 - 2E8
= 2E8*(1.105^6 - 1)
=~ 2E8*0.09344
=~ 18,688,653

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