In a city, a rumour is spreading about the safety of corona vaccination. Suppose  N  number of people live in the city and  f ( t )  is the number of people who have not yet heard about the rumour after  t  days. Suppose  f ( t )  is given by  f ( t ) = N e − k t , where k is a constant. If the population of the city is  1000 , and suppose  40  have heard the rumor after the first day. After how many days (approximately) half of the population would have heard the rumor?

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In a city, a rumour is spreading about the safety of corona vaccination. Suppose 

N

 number of people live in the city and 

f

(

t

)

 is the number of people who have not yet heard about the rumour after 

t

 days. Suppose 

f

(

t

)

 is given by 

f

(

t

)

=

N

e

k

t

, where k is a constant. If the population of the city is 

1000

, and suppose 

40

 have heard the rumor after the first day. After how many days (approximately) half of the population would have heard the rumor?

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