document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=873465>Question 873465</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I was wondering if you could help me calculate when there will be only standing room on the earth using an exponential function.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Growth rate; 14%/year<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Current habitual space on earth; 511,674,787.3 km^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "each person takes up 1 m^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I have currently established an equation;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Population= Ae^0.14(t-2014)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I am just not sure how to find A.<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 #526881 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=526881\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A is the current population at time t = 2014 (ie in the year 2014)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you were to plug in t = 2014, you would get P = A*e^(0.14(2014-2014)) which leads to P = A*e^(0.14*0) = A*e^0 = A*1 = A\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So plugging in t = 2014 means P = A </SPAN>\n" );
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