SOLUTION: According to the United States Census Bureau the population of Utah was 2.12 million people in 1997 and 2.53 million people 9 years later in 2006. Use an explicit exponential model

Question 1146554: According to the United States Census Bureau the population of Utah was 2.12 million people in 1997 and 2.53 million people 9 years later in 2006. Use an explicit exponential model to calculate the rate of growth of the population over this time period.
Express the rate of growth as a percentage. Round to the nearest hundredth.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
r, growth rate as decimal
x, time in years, 0 for year 1997

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After finding the value for r

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