Answer:
29,750
Step-by-step explanation:
Each year the population is multiplied by 100% + 4% = 1.04. We want to repeat that multiplication 15 times, once for each of the 15 years. An exponent is what we use to signify (and compute) repeated multiplication. The population will be ...
16,519 × 1.04^15 ≈ 29749.8 ≈ 29,750
