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 $2050.$
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 $2050.$