A City of 700,000 People Is Growing at the Rate

Multiple Choice

A city of 700,000 people is growing at the rate of 2% per year. That is, at the end of each year, the population is 1.02 times the population at the beginning of the year. Estimate the population years 19 from now. Round to the nearest integer.

A) 1,243,091
B) 1,019,768
C) 1,103,829
D) 1,082,186
E) 1,194,821