The town of Springfield, USA has a population of 990099009900 people. The population is growing at a rate of 2.3\%2.3%2, point, 3, percent each year.
Which expression gives the town's population 555 years from now?
Choose 1

The expression is

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

The equation of a exponential growth function is equal to

where

y is the population

x is the number of years

r is the rate of change

a is the initial value or y-intercept

we have

substitute the given values

For x=5 years

substitute in the exponential equation

Step-by-step explanation:

Since 1.2y = 12, we dividee each side by 1.2 to get:

y = 12 / 1.2 = 10. (A)