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If a population of 4 million grows by 6 percent annually for three consecutive years, what will it be approximately at the end of the third year?

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Correct answer: 4.764 million

When a population grows by the same percentage every year, each new increase is calculated on the population reached in the previous year. This is compound growth, not simple addition. The starting population is 4 million and the annual growth factor is 1.06, so after three years the value is calculated as \(4\times1.06^3\) million.

Since \(1.06^3=1.191016\), the final population is about 4.764064 million, or 47.64 lakh. Therefore, option B is the closest and correct answer. Simply adding 6 percent three times would give 18 percent and about 4.72 million, but that ignores the fact that the second and third increases apply to an already enlarged population.

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Compound Population GrowthThree Year GrowthAnnual RatePopulation ProjectionPopulation GrowthThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And Growth

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