CAT 2019 Slot 1 QA Q10 Progressions & Series

Question 10 of the Quantitative Ability (QA) section, CAT 2019 Slot 1, with CAT's official answer.

If the population of a town is p in the beginning of any year then it becomes 3+2p in the beginning of the next year. If the population in the beginning of 2019 is 1000, then the population in the beginning of 2034 will be
  1. A
    (1003)15 + 6
  2. B
    (977)15 - 3
  3. C
    (1003)215 - 3
  4. D
    (977)214 + 3

Answer: (C) (1003)2^15 - 3 Progressions & Series MCQ

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