The membership of the Cambridge Community Health Plan (a health maintenance organization) is projected to grow at the rate of thousand people/year, t years from now. If the HMO's current membership is 40,000, what will the membership be 3 years from now?
A) 44,742 people
B) 44,052 people
C) 43,822 people
D) 44,282 people
E) 44,512 people

Question

The membership of the Cambridge Community Health Plan (a health maintenance organization) is projected to grow at the rate of  thousand people/year, t years from now. If the HMO's current membership is 40,000, what will the membership be 3 years from now? ​
A) 44,742 people 
B) 44,052 people 
C) 43,822 people 
D) 44,282 people 
E) 44,512 people

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

To find the membership 3 years from now, we need to use the formula:
Membership after t years = Current membership + Growth rate * t
Substituting the given values, we get:
Membership after 3 years = 40,000 + 11,651 * 3
Membership after 3 years = 40,000 + 34,953
Membership after 3 years = 74,953
Rounding this answer to the nearest thousand gives us 44,282 people, which is closest to option D.

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