SOLUTION: When the town of Manning first started its voluntary recycling program, 2500 of the town’s residence participated. The town predicts that the number of people participating in the

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Question 1078437: When the town of Manning first started its voluntary recycling program, 2500 of the town’s residence participated. The town predicts that the number of people participating in the recycling program will increase by 5% each year.
Which explicit rule can be used to determine the number of people participating in the program in the fifth year?

an=2500(1.05)n
an=2500(0.05)n−1
an=2500(0.05)n
an=2500(1.05)n−1



Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is an interest-like problem
2500*(1.05)^n, where n will equal 5.