In 2000, the population of a town was 8914. the population is expected to grow at a rate of 1.36% each year. what is the population of the town in 2006? round the answer to the nearest whole number.

9667

Step-by-step explanation:

The population is 8914 in 2000. We must exlude the growth in 2000. Therefore, the population grows for 6 years. We can write an expression for the population growth. The growth rate applies to the total population of the previous year. So for year 2001 the population will be:

So for 2002 we will take 2001 population and multiply it by the growth rate and add 2001 population to get 2002 total population:

For 2003:

For 2004:

For 2005:

For 2006:

The population in 2006 is 9667

a

step-by-step explanation:

a