SOLUTION: how long will it take for the population of a certain country to quadruple if its annual growth rate is 2.5% round to the nearest year.

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Question 767705: how long will it take for the population of a certain country to quadruple if its annual growth rate is 2.5% round to the nearest year.

Answer by tommyt3rd(5050)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Growth model:

which we simplify to get


solving for t ...




this is about 81 years

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