document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1161070>Question 1161070</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A population growing at a rate of 2.1% per year from an initial population of 9000 will grow in   years to an amount\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P=9000 x e^0.021t<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How many years will it take the population to triple?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "please help!!!!!<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When to triple?\r<BR>\n" );
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