the student population in a high school increases by 4% a year. when it opened, the school had 996 students. how many students will there be in 3 years

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Shelby Abbott

Mathematics

28 November, 20:05

the student population in a high school increases by 4% a year. when it opened, the school had 996 students. how many students will there be in 3 years

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Meadow Freeman · Answer 1

1120 students.

Step-by-step explanation:

there is a formula that we can use which is:

initial value * (1 + percent increase) ^number of years

number of students=996 * (1+0.04) ^3 = 1120.36

therefore, approx. 1120 students.