The current student population of Boston is 2900. If the population increases at a rate of 13.3% each year. What will the student population be in 7 years?

Question

Write an exponential growth model for the future population P(x) where x is in years:

Answer 1

P(x) = P(0) * (1 + r)^x

where P(0) is the initial population, r is the growth rate (0.133), and x is the number of years.