document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1007172>Question 1007172</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve the given problem related to population growth.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The population of a city grows exponentially according to the function<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(t) = 12,400(1.14)^t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for 0 &#8804; t &#8804; 5 years. Find, to the nearest hundred, the population of the city when t is the following number of years.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) 2 years<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) 4.25 years<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " people </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "we just plug in the values for t and get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(2) = 12400*1.14^2 = $16115.04<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(4.25) = 12400*1.14^4.25 = $21640.50 </SPAN>\n" );
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