SOLUTION: Diseases tend to spread according to the exponential growth model. In the early days of AIDS, the growth factor (i.e. common ratio; growth multiplier) was around 2.0. In 1983, abou

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Question 1175154: Diseases tend to spread according to the exponential growth model. In the early days of AIDS, the growth factor (i.e. common ratio; growth multiplier) was around 2.0. In 1983, about 1700 people in the U.S. died of AIDS. If the trend had continued unchecked, how many people would of died of AIDS in 2003?

Answer by ikleyn(52824) About Me  (Show Source):
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    1700%2A2%5E20 = 1,782,579,200  (which is, probably, unrealistically big number).