The number of students at a university is 1320, and the number oncrease by 8% each year. then find about how many students there will be in 5 years

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Cassandra Harmon

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20 May, 19:01

The number of students at a university is 1320, and the number oncrease by 8% each year. then find about how many students there will be in 5 years

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Rylee Patterson · Answer 1

This is exponential growth of the form:

final=initial (r^t) in this case:

s (t) = 1320 (1.08^t)

s (5) = 1320 (1.08^5)

s (5) = 1939.513061376 Since the amount of people must be an integer ...

s (5) = 1939 students