document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1195536>Question 1195536</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A population numbers 12,000 organisms initially and decreases by 2% each year.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  the number of years of growth. Write an exponential model to represent this situation. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Decreasing by 2% per year means getting multiplied by (100-2)% = 98%, or 0.98, each year. So<br><BR>\n" );
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