The following functions give the populations of four towns with time t in years. (i) P =

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The following functions give the populations of four towns with time t in years.

(i) P = 600(1.12)t 

(ii) P = 1,000(1.03)t 

(iii) P = 200(1.08)t 

(iv) P = 900(0.90)t 

(a) Which town has the largest percent growth rate? What is the percent growth rate? 

(b) Which town has the largest initial population? What is that initial population? 

(c) Are any of the towns decreasing in size? If so, which one(s)?

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Applied Calculus

ISBN: 9781119275565

6th Edition

Authors: Deborah Hughes Hallett, Patti Frazer Lock, Andrew M. Gleason, Daniel E. Flath, Sheldon P. Gordon, David O. Lomen, David Lovelock, William G. McCallum, Brad G. Osgood, Andrew Pasquale

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