SOLUTION: Brad created a chart that shows the population of a town will increase to 96,627 people from a current population of 11,211 people. The rate of increase is an annual increase of 4

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Question 954876: Brad created a chart that shows the population of a town will increase to 96,627 people from a current population of 11,211 people. The rate of increase is an annual increase of 4.18%. Brad forgot to include the number of years this increase will take. How many years was it? (Solve algebraically.) Logarithmic Word Problem
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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t number of years, 11211%2A%281.0418%29%5Et=96627

Whichever base you want.

1.0418%5Et=96627%2F11211

t%2Alog%2810%2C1.0418%29=log%2810%2C96627%29-log%2810%2C11211%29