Asmall fictional country had a population of 2,254,000 people in the year 2000. if the population grows steadily at a rate of 3.5% each year, what is the expected population of this country in the year 2015 to the nearest 1000?

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step-by-step explanation:

since the sequence is geometric there is a common ratio r between consecutive terms, that is

r = 4 ÷ - 2 = - 2

r = - 8 ÷ 4 = - 2

r = 16 ÷ 8 = - 2

the next term - 13 must be incorrect as it should be - 32 for the sequence to be geometric.

the first 4 terms are therefore geometric with common ratio r = - 2