Question

The population of a town increases every year by 2% of the population at the beginning of
that year. The number of years by which the total increase of population be 40% is
(a) 7 years (b) 10 years (c) 17 years (app) (d) none of these​

Answer 1

Answer:

D)None of these

Step-by-step explanation:

percentage increasing every year:2%

Number of years that takes to reaches the increase in the population by 40%: 40/2=20 years

Answer 2

Answer:

The right answer is 17 years .