document.write( "Question 1206651: The population of J-Town in 2019 was estimated to be 76,500 people with an annual rate of increase of 2.4%.
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document.write( "(A)  P(t) =  = ,\r\n" );
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document.write( "     where t are years after 2019  (so 2020 is t= 1,  2021 is t=2  and so on . . . )\r\n" );
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document.write( "(B)  the growth factor is 1.024.\r\n" );
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document.write( "(C)  P(2072) =  =  = 268,880.4  (approximately),\r\n" );
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document.write( "     and we say that the population will be about  268,900  to the nearest hundred people in 2072.\r\n" );
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