39. The population of a particular town on January 1, 2008, was 15 000. If the population of this town on January 1, 2016, was 32 450, what is the average annual rate of increase? A. 0.1% B. 1.1% C. 10% D. 110% 40. Jordan needs $6 000 to take his family on a trip. He is able to make an investment which offers an interest rate of 8%/a compounded semi-annually. How much should Jordan invest now, to the nearest dollar, so that he has enough money to go on a family trip in 3 years?Use the following information to answer numerical-response question 36. Earthquake intensity is given by 1 = 1, x 10", where , is the reference intensity and M is the magnitude. An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale is 125 times more intense than a second earthquake. Numerical Response SE 38. The Richter scale measure of the second earthquake, to the nearest tenth, isUse the following information to answer numerical-response question 2. For functions f(x) = vx -1, g(x)= x2+3, h(x) = 2x -5, and k(x), where k(x) =(hog. f)(x), the simplified equation for k(x) can be written in the form k(x) = ax - b, where x 21. Numerical Response SE 2. The value of a is (Record in the first box) The value of b is (Record in the second box)