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York college has 2500 students and is increasing at a rate of 0.5% per year. (That is, at the end of each year the number of students is 1.005 times as big as the previous year.) How many students will be attending the college ten years from now?

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Posted on May. 13, 2009 at 05:07:28AM

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Preview: ... mber of students = 2500(1.005) In 2 years numb ...

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Posted on May. 13, 2009 at 05:14:58AM

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Posted on May. 13, 2009 at 05:17:50AM

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Preview: ... thus: 2500 * (1.005 ^ 10) BUT... people only happen in whole units...and your problme does not say what the assumption should be :( Two choices: If you use whole people and chop off any fractions, you ge ...

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Posted on May. 13, 2009 at 10:07:20AM

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Preview: ... % per year. (That is, at the end of each year the number of students ...

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