SOLUTION: The population of a particular country was 28 million in 1985.In 1994,it was 32 million. The exponential growth function A=28e^kt describes the population of this country t years a

Question 1129512: The population of a particular country was 28 million in 1985.In 1994,it was 32 million. The exponential growth function A=28e^kt describes the population of this country t years after 1985.Use the fact that 9years after 1985 the population increased by 4 million to find k. Round answer three decimal places.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Take the natural log of both sides

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error due to rounding off -check math

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