A Population Question (From: Geometric Sequence/Series Unit)

[hamza47sohail]

The population of a community was 82 000 at the beginning of 2000. Assuming a rate of growth of 1.6% per year since 2000, what will the population be at the beginning of 2025?
Can someone please give me a solution to this, I keep getting either extremely large numbers (in billions) or extremely small numbers (numbers smaller than original)
Would love if someone can give me a solution and how they obtained it.
Thanks!

 

[Deleted member 4993]

The population of a community was 82 000 at the beginning of 2000. Assuming a rate of growth of 1.6% per year since 2000, what will the population be at the beginning of 2025?
Can someone please give me a solution to this, I keep getting either extremely large numbers (in billions) or extremely small numbers (numbers smaller than original)
Would love if someone can give me a solution and how they obtained it.
Thanks!

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