document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1164492>Question 1164492</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Population census data for USA from 1870 to 1910 were as follows\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Years            1870      1880     1890     1900        1910\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Population        38.6     50.2     63.0     76.0       92.0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(Millions)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Investigate how well these figures can be described by an exponential model. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The instructions are vague....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The data is in equal 10-year intervals; so divide the number for each decade by the number for the previous decade and see if the ratios are somewhat constant.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "50.2/38.6 = 1.3005<BR>\n" );
document.write( "63.0/50.2 = 1.255<BR>\n" );
document.write( "76.0/63.0 = 1.2063<BR>\n" );
document.write( "92.0/76.0 = 1.2105<br><BR>\n" );
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