SOLUTION: Textbook Walls and Smith The population of a country doubled in 100 years, what was the exponential growth rate?

Question 144209: Textbook Walls and Smith
The population of a country doubled in 100 years, what was the exponential growth rate?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The population of a country doubled in 100 years, what was the exponential growth rate?
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A(t) = A(o)(r)^t
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2Ao = A(o)(r)^100
2 = r^100
r = 2^(1/100)
r = 1.006956
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The growth rate is 0.006956 or 0.6956%
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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