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willis

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Registered: 2010-02-24

Posts: 7

Population

Can anyone help me with this.

The population P of a city increases according to the formula

P = 5000e at

Where t is in years and t = 0 corresponds to 1980. In 1990, the population was 10000. Find the value of the constant a and approx your answer to 3 dec places.

soroban

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Registered: 2007-03-09

Posts: 452

Re: Population

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willis

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Registered: 2010-02-24

Posts: 7

Re: Population

Hey thanks heaps. Helped me out alot.