Problem 3 (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? 1 11 (ii) Find the sum of the first eight terms of the sequence 8. 4

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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?
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(ii) Find the sum of the first eight terms of the sequence
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Transcribed Image Text:Problem 3 (а) 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? 1 1 1 (ii) Find the sum of the first eight terms of the sequence 8. 4
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