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1998 AMC 8 Question 15

AMC8 · 1998 AMC 8

Question 15

Problems $15,$ $16,$ and $17$ all refer to the following:

Don’t Crowd The Isles

In the very center of the Irenic Sea lie the beautiful Nisos Isles. In $1998$ the number of people on these islands is only $200,$ but the population triples every $25$ years. Queen Irene has decreed that there must be at least $1.5$ square miles for every person living in the Isles. The total area of the Nisos Isles is $24{,}900$ square miles.

Estimate the population of Nisos in the year $2050.$
  1. $600 $
  2. $800 $
  3. $1000 $
  4. $2000 $
  5. $3000 $