The population of a town was 40,000 at the end of 2015. It increased at the rate of 5% per
year. Find the population in the beginning of
2018.
(Hint: Period from end of 2015 to beginning
of 2018 is 2 years.)
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42000

Step-by-step explanation:

So you first work out what 5 percent is and it is 2,000 and times that by 2

If it isnt that then it would be 76,000 but its not likely.

take the logarithm of both sides (the base of the log doesn't matter):

apply the exponent property - this says that :

distribute the log terms on both sides:

group like terms together:

divide through both sides by the coefficient on :

you can do some additional rewriting here using the properties of the logarithm to simplify things if you like:

(2,6)

step-by-step explanation:

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