We know that from this year to ten years later, the number of people employed as physician assistants in the country is expected to increase by 47%. We also know that the number of people employed as physician assistants today is 47,000.
In order to find the predicted number of physician assistances after ten years we must add the actual number and the 47% of the actual number.
That is
[tex]\text{actual number+actual number }\cdot\text{ 47\%}[/tex]Now, replacing the values we obtain
[tex]\text{ Predicted number=47000+47000}\cdot0.47=69090[/tex]Finally, the predicted number of physician assistances after ten years is 69090