Middletown, USA Currently Has a Population of 1

question 15

Multiple Choice

Middletown, USA currently has a population of 1.5 million people. It has been one of the fastest growing cities in the nation, growing by an average of 4% per year for the last five years. If this city's population continues to grow at 4% per year, what will the population be 10 years from now?

• A) 1,560,000
• B) 2,220,366
• C) 2,100,000
• D) 1,824,979

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