Based on the estimate that there are 10 billion acres of arable land on the earth and

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Based on the estimate that there are 10 billion acres of arable land on the earth and that each acre can produce enough food to feed 4 people, some demographers believe that the earth can support a population of no more than 40 billion people. The population of the earth was approximately 3 billion in 1960 and 4 billion in 1975. If the population of the earth were growing exponentially, when would it reach the theoretical limit of 40 billion?

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Calculus For Business, Economics And The Social And Life Sciences

ISBN: 9780073532387

11th Brief Edition

Authors: Laurence Hoffmann, Gerald Bradley, David Sobecki, Michael Price

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