document.write( "Question 1148951: Suppose an initial population of 33 million people increases at a continuous percent rate of 1.8% per year since the beginning of 2000.\r
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document.write( "(a)  f(t) =  =  millions people;  t in years since the beginning of 2000.\r\n" );
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document.write( "(b)  The problem does not give any information and any rationality to extrapolate back. \r\n" );
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document.write( "(c)  Annual growth factor is  1+0.018 = 1.018.\r\n" );
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document.write( "(d)  If \"a\" represents the population (in millions) at some point in time, then an expression in terms of \"a\" to represent \r\n" );
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document.write( "     the population exactly 1 year later  is  b = a*1.018.\r\n" );
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