document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1204989>Question 1204989</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A population numbers 20,000 organisms initially and grows by 1.1% each year.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose P represents population, and t the number of years of growth. An exponential model for the population can be written in the form P = a * b^t where a = ? and b = ?. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<font color=red>a = 20000</font> is the starting population<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<font color=red>b = 1.011</font> to represent the 1.1% growth\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b = 1+r, where r = 0.011 in this case<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If b > 1 then we have exponential growth.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If 0 < b < 1, then there's exponential decay.<BR>\n" );
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