Chapter 12.8, Problem 31E

To determine

To find the percent of the maximum population present in year 2002.

Answer to Problem 31E

  $1455191522.84$

Explanation of Solution

Given:

The population has the growth factor of $2.5$ and the population in year 1984 was $10\%$ of maximum population.

Calculation:

The population in year 1984 was $10\%$ of maximum population i.e. $\frac{100}{1000}$ , therefore the population in year 1984 was $100$

Now, the growth factor is $2.5$ , so the population in 2002 will be

  $\begin{array}{l}=100\times {2.5}^{(2002-1984)}\\ =100\times {2.5}^{18}\\ =1455191522.84\end{array}$