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A city's population is currently 467,500. If the population doubles every 42 years, what will the population be 168 years from now?
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Doubling every 42 years means after t years the population is 467,500 × 2^(t/42). For t = 168 years, t/42 = 4, so multiply by 2^4 = 16:

467,500 × 16 = 7,480,000.

Answer: 7,480,000 people.