Question 1209205
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If the population INCREASES by 8.5% = 0.085 each year, then the population gets MULTIPLIED by a FACTOR of 1+.085 = 1.085 each year.  Since that is the growth factor each year, after n years the population will have grown by a factor of (1.085)^n.<br>
ANSWER: (330000)*(1.085)^15 = 1,121,915<br>