document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=245975>Question 245975</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The function A=130e^0.033t models the population of a particular city, in thousands, t years after 1998. When will the population of the city reach 158 thousand?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem gives you:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A -- 158<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plug it intoL<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A=130e^0.033t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "158=130e^0.033t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "158/130 = e^0.033t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ln(158/130) = 0.033t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ln(158/130)/0.033 = t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5.911 years = t </SPAN>\n" );
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