A town has a population of 5000 persons, but is expected to grow by 2% every year. (i) What would be the population size in 7 years? (ii) Find the sum of the first eight terms of the sequence 1 8 , − 1 4 , 1 2 , . . . ..
(a) A town has a population of 5000 persons, but is expected to grow by 2% every year.
(i) What would be the population size in 7 years?
(ii) Find the sum of the first eight terms of the sequence
1
8
, −
1
4
,
1
2
, . . . ..
(b) A landscape contractor is hired to cultivate ornamental plants in three new residential
developments. The contractor charges the developer for each tree cultivated, an hourly rate
to cultivate the ornamental plants, and a fixed delivery charge. In one development it took
211 labour hours to cultivate 244 ornamental plants for a cost of $9394. In a second development
it took 128 labour hours to cultivate 283 ornamental plants for a cost of $8270. In the final
development it took 165 labour hours to cultivate 386 ornamental plants for a cost of $10938.
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