document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=22942>Question 22942</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Help. I'm having an Issue with a word problem can anyone help\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In 1990 population is 25 million.  Exponential growth rate of 1.5% per year.  Model by function p(t)=Poe^.015t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find population in year 2000 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #11310 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><B>rapaljer(4671)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=rapaljer><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=11310\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=p%28t%29+=+25000000e%5E%28.015t%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"p%28t%29+=+25000000e%5E%28.015t%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, where t=0 in 1990.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem is to find p(t) in year 2000 when t=10.  In other words, find p(10).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=p%2810%29+=+25000000e%5E%28.15%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"p%2810%29+=+25000000e%5E%28.15%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 29,045,856, using a calculator.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the problem is only given to 2 significant digits of accuracy, probably the answer is not more accurate than this.  Call it about 30,000,000.  I'm not sure what groundrules your instructor or the textbook may have given concerning accuracy of the problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For more information on this topic, especially on finding the growth constant, see my lesson plan in algebra.com in \"logarithms\" topic on Population Growth.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R^2 at SCC<BR>\n" );
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