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A certain small country has $10 billion in paper currency in circulation, and each day $50 million comes into the country’s banks. The government decides to introduce new currency by having the banks replace old bills with new ones whenever old currency comes into the banks. Let
(a) Formulate a mathematical model in the form of an initial-value problem that represents the “flow” of the new currency into circulation.
(b) Solve the initial-value problem found in part (a).
(c) How long will it take for the new bills to account for 90% of the currency in circulation?
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