Write an exponential growth function to model the situation. A population of 422,000 increases by 12% each year.

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Keegan

29 January, 19:54

Write an exponential growth function to model the situation. A population of 422,000 increases by 12% each year.

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Ashlyn Kline · Answer 1

This is just like working with money in a bank account

that's earning 12% interest.

If the population is 422,000 today, and

' n ' is the number of years after today,

then

Population = 422,000 (1.12) ⁿ.