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Spreading a rumor. A jealous student started a malicious rumor on an isolated college campus of 5000 students. The number of people who know of the rumor within r days after it was started is given by the function
a. Find a and k and graph the function y = R(t).
b. How many students would have known of the rumor within 15 days after it started?
c. How many students altogether will know the rumor?
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