(1) In 2015, the population of a small town was 8,000. The population is
increasing at a rate of 1.8% per year. Rewrite an exponential growth
function to find the monthly growth rate.

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

y= a*b x  (a is initial value  b = growth rate) y= 8000(-1)^1 x= 1.018^1 x 1.8

x = 0.1527 = time x 12.

f(x)=x. f ( x ) = x .  = 0.1527 x 12

or we can square so that x^2 = 1.8  and x = 1.34164 note this can only be used for the first 5 decimal place.

This shows the exponential growth we expand and introduce y = 8000(-1)^12 to find one year.

One year y-1^12 this represents 144 the 1.8% of the y = 144 the starting point of 1/12 on axis.

f(x)=2x. f ( x ) = 2x add y (1)^1 would show year 2 at the same rate,

Using an exponential function, it is found that the monthly increase rate of 0.15% and the exponential function for the population after t months is given by:

  • [tex]A(t) = 8000(1.0015)^t[/tex]

Exponential function:

  • A increasing exponential function is modeled by:

[tex]A(t) = A(0)(1 - r)^t[/tex]

In which:

  • A(0) is the initial value.
  • r is the rate of increase, as a decimal.

In this problem:

  • The initial population is of 8,000, hence [tex]A(0) = 8000[/tex].
  • It increases at a rate of 1.8% per year, hence, per month, the rate is [tex]r = \frac{0.018}{12} = 0.0015[/tex].

Hence, considering the monthly increase rate of 0.15%, the exponential function for the population after t months is given by:

  • [tex]A(t) = 8000(1.0015)^t[/tex]

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