document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1200929>Question 1200929</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The current population of Little Pond, New York, is 20,000. The population is decreasing, as<BR>\n" );
document.write( "represented by the formula P= A(1.3)-0234t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where P= final population, & = time, in years, and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = initial population. What will the population be 3 years from now? Round your answer to the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "nearest hundred people. To the nearest tenth of a year, how many years will it take for the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "population to reach half the present population? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The current population of Little Pond, New York, is 20,000. The population is decreasing, as<BR>\n" );
document.write( "represented by the formula P= A(1.3)-0234t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where P= final population, & = time, in years, and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = initial population. What will the population be 3 years from now? Round your answer to the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "nearest hundred people. To the nearest tenth of a year, how many years will it take for the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "population to reach half the present population?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As the formula is written in the post, it is defective and unreadable.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To write the formula in correct way, concentrate all your attention !\r<BR>\n" );
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