Use the Given Growth Rate to Find the Approximate Doubling $= 362,289$

question 81

Multiple Choice

Use the given growth rate to find the approximate doubling time and to predict the population in 50 years of a growingsuburban town (based on a current population of 100,000) .
-Use the average growth rate between 1850 and 1950, which was about 2.6%.

• A) 27 years; population in 50 years \(= 362,289\)
• B) 37 years; population in 50 years \(= 280,056\)
• C) 29 years; population in 50 years \(= 468,670\)
• D) 22 years; population in 50 years \(= 216,488\)

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