document.write( "Question 862105: In 2010, the population of a country was 72 million and growing at a rate of 1.8% per year. Assuming the percentage growth rate remains constant, express the population, P, in millions, as a function of t, the number of years after 2010. \r
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Continuous exponential growth, $\"P%28t%29=f%28t%29=72e%5E%280.018t%29\"$ . This is just a more specific form of $\"P=Ie%5E%28rx%29\"$ , where r is the percentage growth rate as decimal and x is time for value P, and I is initial value. \n" ); document.write( "

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