an internet service provider had a total of 17,156 costumers last year. they gained a net of 1,802 customers this year they hope to reach at least 35,000 customers in 10 years estimate the number of customers they need to reach their goal.
To estimate the number of customers the internet service provider needs to reach their goal in 10 years, we need to calculate the average yearly increase in customers.
First, let's find the total increase in customers from last year to the goal year:
35,000 - 17,156 = 17,844 customers
Next, we need to divide the total increase by the number of years (10) to find the average yearly increase:
17,844 / 10 = 1,784.4 customers per year (rounded to the nearest customer)
Since the net increase this year was 1,802 customers, we can estimate that the average yearly increase will be approximately 1,800 customers.
Finally, we calculate the estimated number of customers the service provider will have in 10 years:
17,156 + (1,800 * 10) = 35,956 customers.
Therefore, the internet service provider needs to reach approximately 35,956 customers in 10 years to reach their goal of at least 35,000 customers.