document.write( "Question 954570: Please help me with the problem below:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The population of a Midwestern city follows exponential decay. If the population decreased from 900,000 to 800,000 people from 1993 to 1995, when will the populations be 500,000?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #583062 by josgarithmetic(39623)\"\" \"About 
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\n" ); document.write( "p, the population after time t.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The first part gives you enough to find k.
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\n" ); document.write( "p=8
\n" ); document.write( "t=95-93=2\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"ln%28p%29=ln%28I%29-kt\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"ln%28p%29-ln%28I%29=-kt\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"k=%28ln%28I%29-ln%28p%29%29%2Ft\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"k=%28ln%28I%2Fp%29%29%2Ft\"-------the constant in a formula.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"k=ln%289%2F8%29%2F2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28k=0.0589%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Can you answer the \"when 500000\" question?
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