SOLUTION: Abram's home town had a polupation of 10280 people in 1997. and the town is losing people at a rate of 3.25% per year. Abram was born in 2012. What will the population of the town

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Question 1084194: Abram's home town had a polupation of 10280 people in 1997. and the town is losing people at a rate of 3.25% per year. Abram was born in 2012. What will the population of the town be when he graduates high school at 18 years old? (Assume the change of the population remains at 3.25% throughout the years, round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, MathTherapy:
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
From 1997 to 2212 is years

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Let = the population 33 years after 1997




The population will be 29,536


Answer by MathTherapy(10558)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Abram's home town had a polupation of 10280 people in 1997. and the town is losing people at a rate of 3.25% per year. Abram was born in 2012. What will the population of the town be when he graduates high school at 18 years old? (Assume the change of the population remains at 3.25% throughout the years, round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
33 years after 1997, or 18 years after he was born, or in the year 2030, population will be:  

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