SOLUTION: McPeakland has a population of 145,000 people. Every year its population triples. Staceyville's population is unknown, but its population doubles every year. After 24 years, McPeak
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Question 529719: McPeakland has a population of 145,000 people. Every year its population triples. Staceyville's population is unknown, but its population doubles every year. After 24 years, McPeakland's population and Staceyville's population are the same. What is Staceyville's original population?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = Staceyville's original population
Let = number of years passed
after 1 yr - 2s
after 2 yrs - 4s
after 3 yrs - 8s
is population after years
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Mc Peakland's population after yrs is
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given:
You can solve this with logs
You can finish- can't find calculator
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