Question

A town has a population of 17000 and grows at 3% every year. What will be the population after 10 years, to the nearest whole number?

Answer 1

The population in 10 years will be:

$=17,000(1+\frac{3}{100})^{10}$

$=22,846.58$

To the nearest whole number, it wil be:

$=22,847$