document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=443135>Question 443135</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me with this problem I am having a diffcult time with it, Than you so much.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The population P in 1999 for a state given along with r, its annual percentage rate of continuous growth<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P= 21 millions, r= 1.9%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) Write the formula f(x) = P e^yx, where r is in the decimal notation, that models the population in millions x years after 1999.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) Estimate the population in 2020<BR>\n" );
document.write( "F(x) = ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The population in 2020 will be approximately  how many million?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(round to the nearest tenth as needed)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Any help is greatly appreciated!!! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #305709 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><B>ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><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=ankor@dixie-net.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=305709\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The population P in 1999 for a state given along with r, its annual percentage rate of continuous growth<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P = 21 millions, r= 1.9%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) Write the formula f(x) = P e^rx, where r is in the decimal notation, that models the population in millions x years after 1999.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(x) = 21*e^.019x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) Estimate the population in 2020, (that's 21 yrs after 1999)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "F(x) = 21*e^(.019*21)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(x) = 21*e^.399<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find e^.399 on a calc<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(x) = 21 *1.4903<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(x) = 31.3 million in 2020<BR>\n" );
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