An innovative rural public health program is reducing infant mortality in a certain West African country. Pretend the program in Senegal has been reducing infant mortality at a rate 8.7 % per year. How long will it take for infant mortality to be reduced by 40 %?

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1.087^x = 1.40

x = ln(1.4) / ln(1.087)

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An innovative rural public health program is reducing infant mortality in a certain West African country. Pretend the program in Senegal has been reducing infant mortality at a rate 8.7 % per year. How long will it take for infant mortality to be reduced by 40 %?

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1.087^x = 1.40

x = ln(1.4) / ln(1.087)

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1.087^x = 1.40 x = ln(1.4) / ln(1.087)