document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=865086>Question 865086</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Use the formula t=ln2/k that gives the time for a population, with a growth rate k, to double, to answer the following question. The growth model A=6e^0.0003t   describes the population, A, of a country in millions, t years after 2003. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the country's growth rate? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #521500 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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=521500\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 0.0003 is the decimal form of the growth rate\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the growth rate is 0.0003*100 = <font color=\"red\">0.03 %</font>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Something seems missing from the problem because it wants you to use <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t+=+ln%282%29%2Fk ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t+=+ln%282%29%2Fk\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to find the doubling time, but it doesn't ask about it. </SPAN>\n" );
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