Question

A shepherd has 200 sheep with him. Find the number of sheep with him
after three years if the increase in number of sheep is 8% every year​

Answer 1

Answer:

248

Step-by-step explanation:

Since , the shepherd has 200 sheep's with him .

To find : No. of sheep's three years later if he increase the number by 8%

Therefore ,

8% of 200

= 8/100 x 200

= 8 x 2

= 16 .

Number of sheep's three years later = 16 x 3

= 48 .

Therefore , total number of sheep's = 200 + 48 = 248 .

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Answer 2

Number of sheep in the bigginng = 200

increasing percent each year ( g ) = 8%

Number of sheep after 3 years =

200[(100 + g )/100 ]³

= 200[( 100 + 8 )/100 ]³

= 200 × ( 108/100 )³

= 251.94

≈ 251