11. The population of a developing city increases by 8% per year. In 2005, 125000 people lived in the city. Show all your work a) Write the population as an exponential function, using t = 0 to represent the year 2005. b) Graph the function for t= 0 to t = 20. c) What is the population expected in 2020? d) In what year should the population reach half a million? e) What assumptions are made in order to answer parts c) and d)?

11. The population of a developing city increases by 8% per year. In 2005, 125000 people lived in the city. Show all your work a) Write the population as an exponential function, using t = 0 to represent the year 2005. b) Graph the function for t= 0 to t = 20. c) What is the population expected in 2020? d) In what year should the population reach half a million? e) What assumptions are made in order to answer parts c) and d)?

College Algebra

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168383

Author:Jay Abramson

Publisher:Jay Abramson

Chapter6: Exponential And Logarithmic Functions

Section: Chapter Questions

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