A few weeks into the deadly SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) epidemic in 2003, the number of cases was increasing by about 4% each day.† On April 1, 2003 there were 1,804 cases. Find an exponential model that predicts the number  A(t)  of people infected t days after April 1, 2003. A(t) =        Use your model to estimate how fast the epidemic was spreading on April 28, 2003. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number of new cases per day.) HINT [See Example 2.]  new cases per day

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A few weeks into the deadly SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) epidemic in 2003, the number of cases was increasing by about 4% each day.† On April 1, 2003 there were 1,804 cases. Find an exponential model that predicts the number 

A(t)

 of people infected t days after April 1, 2003.

A(t) = 
 
 
 



Use your model to estimate how fast the epidemic was spreading on April 28, 2003. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number of new cases per day.) HINT [See Example 2.]
 new cases per day

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