Skip to content
Philoid
Browse Saved
Back to chapter
Maths
14. Compound Interest
Home · Class 8 · Maths · Ref. Book · 14. Compound Interest
Prev
Next
Q8 of 89 Page 14

The population of a town increases at the rate of 50 per thousand. Its population after 2 years will be 22050. Find its present population.

Given,


Growth rate of population of town =


Population after 2 years = 22050


Let present population of town = X


So,


=


=


=


Hence,


Present population of town = 20000


More from this chapter

All 89 →
6

In a factory the production of scooters rose to 46305 from 40000 in 3 years. Find the annual rate of growth of the production of scooters.

7

The annual rate of growth in population of a certain city is 8%. If its present population is 196830, what it was 3 years ago?

9

The count of bacteria in a culture grows by 10% in the first hour, decreases by 8% in the second hour and again increases by 12% in the third hour. If the count of bacteria in the sample is 13125000, what will be the count of bacteria after 3 hours?

10

The population of a certain city was 72000 on the last day of the year 1998. During next year it increased by 7% but due to an epidemic it decreased by 10% in the following year. What was its population at the end of the year 2000?

Questions · 89
14. Compound Interest
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Back to chapter
ADVERTISEMENT
About Contact Privacy Terms
Philoid · 2026
  • Home
  • Search
  • Browse
  • Quiz
  • Saved