document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1176909>Question 1176909</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A city had a population of 22,500 in 2007 and a population of 24,300 in 2012.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) Find the exponential growth function for the city. Use t = 0 to represent 2007. (Round k to five decimal places.) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I got N(t) = $$22500e−0.01539t  for (a) but it was incorrect.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " (b) Use the growth function to predict the population of the city in 2022. Round to the nearest hundred.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Hello, your error is seen even by an unarmed eye:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The population is increasing, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;while your exponential function describes decrease.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Read the lesson attentively and then solve the problem on your own.\r<BR>\n" );
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