In 1960 in an article in Science magazine, H. Van Forester, P. M. Mora, and W. Amiot
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In 1960 in an article in Science magazine, H. Van Forester, P. M. Mora, and W. Amiot predicted that world population would be infinite in the year 2026. Their projection was based on the rational function defined by
where p(t) gives population in year t. This function has provided a relatively good fit to the population until recently.
(a) Estimate world population in 2020 using this function, and compare it with the estimate of 7.795 billion.
(b) What does the function predict for world population in 2022? 2025?
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