The population of a city is 50,000 in 2014 and is growing at a continuous rate of
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The population of a city is 50,000 in 2014 and is growing at a continuous rate of 4.5% per year.
(a) Give the population of the city as a function of the number of years since 2014. Sketch a graph of the population against time.
(b) What will be the city’s population in the year 2020?
(c) Calculate the time for the population of the city to reach 100,000. This is called the doubling time of the population.
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a We use the formula P P 0 e kt so we have where t is the number of years since 2014 See Figu...View the full answer
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