SOLUTION: A country has a population of 100 million and an annual growth rate of 3.5 percent. If the growth rate remains constant, what will be the population of this country in 40 years? Th

Question 278083: A country has a population of 100 million and an annual growth rate of 3.5 percent. If the growth rate remains constant, what will be the population of this country in 40 years? The answer I am provided is 800 million. How is it calculated? This question (verbatim) is from the AP Environmental Science sample set in the most recent pamphlet.
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Bill K.
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A country has a population of 100 million and an annual growth rate of 3.5 percent. If the growth rate remains constant, what will be the population of this country in 40 years? The answer I am provided is 800 million. How is it calculated? This question (verbatim) is from the AP Environmental Science sample set in the most recent pamphlet.
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I don't know how they got that, I get about half of that
P in millions
p = 100*(1.035^40)
using a calc
p = 395.93 million
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