Solve the Problem $2.8 \%$ Per Year If $7,638,000$ People Lived There in 1999 , How Many Will There

question 52

Multiple Choice

Solve the problem.
-The population in a particular country is growing at the rate of $2.8 \%$ per year. If $7,638,000$ people lived there in 1999 , how many will there be in the year 2005 ? Use $\mathrm { f } ( \mathrm { x } ) = \mathrm { y } _ { 0 } \mathrm { e } ^ { 0.028 \mathrm { t } }$ and round to the nearest ten-thousand.

• A) \(8,850,000\)
• B) \(10,840,000\)
• C) \(9,940,000\)
• D) \(9,040,000\)

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