Answer :
Answer:
It will take 17 years to get a population of 42,800. (Specifically 17.3)
Step-by-step explanation:
We will use the equation
y = population
x = amount of years
y = 20000(1 + 0.045)^x
20000 is the original population.
(1 + 0.045) is the increase of 4.5% every year