SOLUTION: Can someone help with General Population problem?: According to the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, the population of the world x years after the year 2000 will be 5

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Question 149092: Can someone help with General Population problem?: According to the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, the population of the world x years after the year 2000 will be 5.89e ^0.0175x billion people (for 0 ≤ x ≤ 20). Use this formula to predict the world population in the year 2010.

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Let P%28x%29 = population in year 2000+%2B+x
P%2810%29+=+5.89%2Ae%5E%28.0175%2A10%29
P%2810%29+=+5.89%2Ae%5E.175 (use calculator e%5Ex function)
P%2810%29+=+5.89%2A1.191
P%2810%29+=+7.016
The population will be 7,016,000 in year 2010