The population of an area is increasing by 20/3 every year. What will be the population there after three years? If the present population there is 33750. explain this
The population of an area is increasing by 20/3 every year. What will be the population there after three years? If the present population there is 33750. explain this
Given that, the population of a town increases by 10.5% every year.
Also, the present population is 7,95,600.
To find out: Population of the town a year ago.
Let the population of the town a year ago be x.
∴ Population 1 years ago=
100+increase%
100
×present population
⇒x=
110.5
100
×795600=720000
Hence, the population of the town a year ago was 7,20,000.
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The population of an area is increasing by 20/3 every year. What will be the population there after three years? If the present population there is 33750. explain this
Given that, the population of a town increases by 10.5% every year.
Also, the present population is 7,95,600.
To find out: Population of the town a year ago.
Let the population of the town a year ago be x.
∴ Population 1 years ago=
100+increase%
100
×present population
⇒x=
110.5
100
×795600=720000
Hence, the population of the town a year ago was 7,20,000.