The number of citizens of a certain modern city is known to increase at a rate proportional to the number of people currently living in the city. After three years the population has doubled, and after five years the population is 18,000.  a. Find the expression for the number of people living in the city at any time t. b. Compute population after 10 years.

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The number of citizens of a certain modern city is known to increase at a rate proportional to the number of people currently living in the city. After three years the population has doubled, and after five years the population is 18,000. 

a. Find the expression for the number of people living in the city at any time t. b. Compute population after 10 years.

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