Question

The per-capital consumption of bottled water wa 5 gallons in 1990 and has been increasingly yearly by a factor of 1.083.

What was the per capital consumption of bottled water 13 years later?

*round the answer to three decimal places *


Water consumption in the year 2003 was _____ gallons.

Answer 1

5 * 1.083^13

Answer 2

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