SOLUTION: A town of 12000 people is growing at a rate of 10% per year. The time t in years until it reaches a population Q is given by t= logbase 1.1 Q - logbase 1.1 12000. Rewrite this usin
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Question 967090: A town of 12000 people is growing at a rate of 10% per year. The time t in years until it reaches a population Q is given by t= logbase 1.1 Q - logbase 1.1 12000. Rewrite this using a single logarithm. Not sure what to do about the 10% in the problem.
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A town of 12000 people is growing at a rate of 10% per year. The time t in years until it reaches a population Q is given by t= logbase 1.1 Q - logbase 1.1 12000. Rewrite this using a single logarithm. Not sure what to do about the 10% in the problem.
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t= logbase 1.1 Q - logbase 1.1 12000
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Ans:: t = log1.1[Q/12000]
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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