document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=635458>Question 635458</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The population of Nigeria at the beginning of 2008 was about<BR>\n" );
document.write( "140 million and growing exponentially at a rate of about 2.4% per year.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. What function P(t) will give the population of Nigeria in millions in<BR>\n" );
document.write( "year 2008 + t, assuming that the growth rate stays at 2.4% per year? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1. What function P(t) will give the population of Nigeria in millions in<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(t) = 140*1.024^t, t in years since 2008, P in millions<BR>\n" );
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