SOLUTION: A country's population in 1992 was 72 million. In 1998 it was 76 million. Estimate the population in 2012 using the exponential growth formula. Round your answer to the nearest mil

Question 1023073: A country's population in 1992 was 72 million. In 1998 it was 76 million. Estimate the population in 2012 using the exponential growth formula. Round your answer to the nearest million.
P=Ae^kt

Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You want to show it in pure text as P=Ae^(kt) and when rendered, .

Let t be number of years after 1992. This means that 1998 uses t=6. Also, year 2012 is t=10. A=72 for 72 million people at t=0.

--------compute this for the value of k.

Now your model is ; just let t=10 and evaluate P.

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