Suppose the population in a town has an average growth rate of 18% . if there are 15,500 people now living in town, in about how many years will the population grow to 30,000? use the equation 30,000 = (15,500)(1.18)x and round the value of x to the nearest year.
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Option C. 4 years

Step-by-step explanation:

Population growth of a town is described by the equation

where x is the number of years.

Now we have to calculate the duration after which population of the town will be 30000 with an average growth rate of 18%.

We will use the equation to get the value of x.

Now we take log on both the sides of the equation.

Log(1.94) = xlog(1.18)

0.2878 = .0719x

Therefore after 4 years population of the town will be 30000.

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