A) Compute the number of seconds in a year and divide it by 14. That will be the population increase. Express it as a percent of 257,313,431. I get 0.875%
B) 3:45 PM of May 11, 2001 is exactly 8 years later. Assume the annual growth rate stays the same in percentage terms. The 1993 population will have increased by a factor (1.00875)^8.
Don't assume my numbers are correct. Do the calculation yourself. which is 1.07222
the Museum of Science in Boston displays a running total of the U.S. population. on may 11, 1993, the total was increasing at the rate of 1 person every 14 sec. the displayed population figure at 3:45 PM. that day was 257,313,431. assume that the relative growth rate is constant.
A) what is the relative growth rate per year (365 days)?
B) at this rate, what will the U.S population be at 3:45 Pm Boston tiem in May 11, 2001
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