Neco 2021 Geography Question 47
Practice objective / multiple choice question 47 from the 2021 Neco Geography examination.
A town occupies a total area of \(150\ \text{km}^2\), of which \(70\%\) is currently used for residential purposes. The town's population is \(120{,}000\) and is growing at a compounded annual rate of \(2.5\%\). The town plans to allocate \(0.08\ \text{ha}\) of residential land per person. Assuming the total area of the town cannot be expanded, after how many whole years will the existing residential land become insufficient for the projected population? Give the smallest integer number of years after which the shortage occurs.
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This is Neco 2021 Geography Question 47. It is one of the objective questions from the 2021 Neco Geography examination.
Difficulty level: Medium .
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