SOLUTION: Hello! Can somebody help please? The mythical town of Alphaville had a population of 10,000 people in 1930. Since then, the population has doubled every 23 years. (For exampl

Question 44797: Hello!
Can somebody help please?
The mythical town of Alphaville had a population of 10,000 people in 1930. Since then, the population has doubled every 23 years. (For example in 1953, the population equalled 20,000; in 1976 it was 40,000; in 1999, it was 80,000 and so on).
What was the population in 1980?
Thanks for your help and time.
geomar
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The mythical town of Alphaville had a population of 10,000 people in 1930. Since then, the population has doubled every 23 years. (For example in 1953, the population equalled 20,000; in 1976 it was 40,000; in 1999, it was 80,000 and so on).
What was the population in 1980?
The equation for this is
population = 10000*2^[(x-1930)/23]
where x is the year you are interested in.
When x=1980 the population is 45125
Cheers,
Stan H.

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