Answer:
The population is 583,448
Step-by-step explanation:
We will use the exponential decay formula:
- f(x) = a(1-r)^x
- where a = initial amount , r = growth rate , x = number of intervals
Given: a = 752,000
r = 1.4% or 0.014
x = 18
Solving ,
- f(x) = 752,000(1-0.014)^18
- f(x) = 752,000(0.986)^18
- f(x) = 752,000(0.7758619774)
- f(x) = 583,448.207
round to the nearest ones
