document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1207489>Question 1207489</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An insect population grows every day. The growth rate of the number of insects per day is described by the function i(t) = 100. e^0.2t, where t is the number of days counted from a certain moment. Calculate using ICT but NOTE the calculation that you make with ICT!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) By how many insects has the population grown during the first ten days?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) By how many insects has the population grown on the eleventh day?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Don't ignore the good responses from tutors @josgarithmetic and @Theo, as suggested in the response from tutor @ikleyn.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The expression \"100. e^0.2t\" is in the standard form for a population function.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "While it is awkward to state that \"The growth rate... is described by...\" that function, clearly the intent is that it is the population function and not the population growth rate function.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Literally, the statement of the problem says that the growth rate is DESCRIBED BY the given function; it does not say that the given function IS the growth rate function.<br><BR>\n" );
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