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20 October, 18:29

The current population of a city can be represented by p. the population is expected to increase by 6.5% next year. Write a expression in simplest form that represents the expected population next year

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  1. 20 October, 20:51
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    Population growth is generally given by an exponential function,

    f (x) = a*b^x, where a is the original population, b = 1 + the rate of growth (written as a decimal number), and x is the amount of time. In our case we have

    p (1 + 0.065) ^1

    = p (1.065) = 1.065p
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