document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1178434>Question 1178434</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Total emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels have been increasing at about 3​% per year​ (data from 2010 to​ 2011). If emissions continue to increase at this​ rate, about how much higher will total emissions be in 2035 than in​ 2010? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #807776 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=807776\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> this is a compound interest sort of problem<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2035 is 25 more years of a 3% increase per year.  Rule of 70 says doubling time is 70 (or 72)/rate, so here would expect the doubling to occur in 24 years. Would predict about double\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.03^25=2.0937 increase.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "They will be 109.37% higher than they were in 2010. </SPAN>\n" );
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