document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1146554>Question 1146554</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> According to the United States Census Bureau the population of Utah was 2.12 million people in 1997 and 2.53 million people 9 years later in 2006. Use an explicit exponential model to calculate the rate of growth of the population over this time period.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Express the rate of growth as a percentage. Round to the nearest hundredth.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #767834 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</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=767834\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> r, growth rate as decimal<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x, time in years, 0 for year 1997\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After finding the value for r <BR>\n" );
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