SOLUTION: A population grows according to an exponential growth model, with Po =20 and P1 = 24 Pn=______xPn-1 Explicit formula for Pn Pn=______

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Question 1175037: A population grows according to an exponential growth model, with Po =20 and P1 = 24
Pn=______xPn-1
Explicit formula for Pn
Pn=______
Answer by ikleyn(52847)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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HINT


It is geometric progression with the common ratio of   =  = .


     = .


Explicit formula


     = , n = 0, 1, 2, 3, . . . 


Notice that in this progression, indexation is not traditional: the first index value is 0 (not 1, as it is traditionally).

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