SOLUTION: Twenty years ago a small town in Texas had a population of 10,000. The population has increased 8% each year since then. Predict what the population of the town will be in 10 more

Question 825014: Twenty years ago a small town in Texas had a population of 10,000. The population has increased 8% each year since then. Predict what the population of the town will be in 10 more years.
Found 2 solutions by Narendra Boyanapalli, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Narendra Boyanapalli(1) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Actual population before twenty years=10,000.
Increase in population per year=8%=((100+8)*10,000)/100=10,800.
So,there will be an increment of 800 people to the population every year.
=>after twenty years,the total population=10,000+19*(800)=25,200.
Now,the population for 10 more years=25,200+10(800)=33,200.
=>Final population=33,200.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Exponential problem, but you could develop a pattern based on the description.

Use 20 years ago as time ZERO, and therefore "in ten more years" is time 30.

Time_________________Population
0____________________10000
1____________________
2____________________
3____________________
.
n____________________
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30___________________-----Compute this, right here.
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