document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=92167>Question 92167</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The formula b(t) = 1.353(1.9025)^t represents the number of broadband internet users (in millions) where t if the time in years measured from 1998. How many broadband users (to the nearest million) does this formula predict for 2004? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #67004 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><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=67004\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Given:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In 2004 six years will have passed since the time in years measured from 1998. So you need<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to define t as being 6 for this problem. That makes the problem become:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%28t%29+=+1.353%281.9025%29%5E6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%28t%29+=+1.353%281.9025%29%5E6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Raising 1.9025 to the sixth power can be done directly on a scientific calculator or with<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a regular calculator you just multiply:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.9025*1.9025*1.9025*1.9025*1.9025*1.9025<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer to this part of the problem is that 1.9025 raised to the sixth power is 47.41851975<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substituting this results in the problem becoming:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%28t%29+=+1.353%2A47.41851975 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%28t%29+=+1.353%2A47.41851975\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and doing the multiplication results in the final answer of:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%28t%29+=+64.15725723 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%28t%29+=+64.15725723\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the answer is that there should have been 64.15725723 million broadband users in 2004.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rounding this to the nearest million as specified by the problem reduces the answer to <BR>\n" );
document.write( "64 million.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand the problem. </SPAN>\n" );
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