document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=903557>Question 903557</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Population rate of change\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please explain thank you </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #548130 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=548130\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The data and the questions are clear enough.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) and (b) just require to compute the rates of change and then find the average.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(c) and (d) just require looking at the year by year data and pick the block of years for increasing population, and for decreasing population.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The data and the questions have nothing complicated, and nothing tricky.  Maybe try to graph the data; but this should not be necessary.  The data show a clear increase up to year 2001 and clearly decrease after year 2001. </SPAN>\n" );
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