Suppose that the annual amount of electricity used in the United States will increase at a rate

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Suppose that the annual amount of electricity used in the United States will increase at a rate of 1.8% each year and that, this year, 3.2 trillion kilowatt-hours are being used.
(a) Find the difference equation for yn, the number of trillion kilowatt-hours to be used during the year that is n years from now.
(b) Solve the difference equation from part (a).
(c) Use the solution from part (b) to calculate the number of trillion kilowatt-hours that will be used during the year that is 7 years from now?
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Finite Mathematics and Its Applications

ISBN: 978-0134768632

12th edition

Authors: Larry J. Goldstein, David I. Schneider, Martha J. Siegel, Steven Hair

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