Question

The population of a country increased by an average of 2% per year from 2000 to 2003. If the population of this country was 2 000 000 on December 31, 2003, then the population of this country on January 1, 2000, to the nearest thousand would have been​

Answer 1

Answer:

1847690

Step-by-step explanation:

population of country on 31 Dec. 2003

= 2,000,000

let population on January 2000 be x

x( 1 + 2/100)^4 = 2,000,000

x ×1.02 × 1.02 ×1.02 × 1.02 = 2,000,000 ,

then x = 1847690 ( approx)