1) In the 2000 U.S.​ Census, a small city had a population of 60,000.  By the​ 2010, the population had reached 88,815.  If the population grows by the same percent each​ year, when will the population reach​ 100,000?

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1) In the 2000 U.S.​ Census, a small city had a population of 60,000.  By the​ 2010, the population had reached

88,815.  If the population grows by the same percent each​ year, when will the population reach​ 100,000?

 

2)Five years ago you opened a savings account with annual compound interest by depositing ​$1,500.  You check your balance​ today, and it is ​$1,824.98.  Assuming you have made and will make no withdrawals or​ deposits,  when will your account have a blance of​ $3000?

 

3)time it takes for the substance to reduced to half of its original amount.  If a substance has a half life of 750 ​years, and there are 40 mg present​ now, how long will it take for the substance to be reduced to 10​ mg?

It will take

years.

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