document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=276809>Question 276809</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> *URGENT*<BR>\n" );
document.write( "use the exponential growth function, P(t)=Poe^kt, to find the value of k, then write the write the function for this population as a function of time, t.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use the function to presict the population in 2005 if it continues to decline at the same rate.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1984= 746,388,000 1974=574,220,000 t=0 1974 t=10 1984\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer has to be 15,531 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #201687 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jsmallt9><B>jsmallt9(3758)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jsmallt9><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=201687\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First of all, this population is increasing, not declining. So the population will never get down to 15,531.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Recently someone posted pretty much the same problem. It had the same years and populations and the problem was to find k. I found k and the resulting equation. <A  rel=nofollow HREF=\"http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Exponential-and-logarithmic-functions/Exponential-and-logarithmic-functions.faq.question.276236.html\">Click here</A> to see it.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then, to find the population in 2005, take the equation and substitute 31 for t (since 2005 - 1974 = 31 and 1974 is the \"zero\" year for the equation). Then use your calculator to find the population in 2005. </SPAN>\n" );
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