document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1130800>Question 1130800</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The homicide rate decreases at a rate of 5% per year in a city that had 900 homicides in the most recent year.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. At this rate, in how many years will the number of homicides reach 450 in a year? Use the approximation formula.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B. What is the exact answer. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a. At this rate, in how many years will the number of homicides reach 450 in a year? Use the approximation formula. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. What is the exact answer. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "450 = 900*0.95^t\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.95^t = 1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = log(1/2)/log(0.95) = 13.51<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ans: In the 14th year<BR>\n" );
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