Atown has a population of 7000 and grows at 3% every year. to the nearest year, how long will it be until the population will reach 12400?

none of the above.

for one of the equations to be used in the process, there has to be a term in the equation since squared is .

since there is only a term in the first equation, we cannot derive a from completing the square.

solving with completing the square

in my opinion , its hazel