Choose the One Alternative That Best Completes the Statement or Answers

question 5

Multiple Choice

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
-The population of a particular country was 30 million in 1984; in 1995, it was 34 million. The exponential growth function describes the population of this country t years after 1984. Use the fact that 11 years $$\mathrm { A } = 30 \mathrm { e } ^ { \mathrm { kt } }$$ after 1984 the population increased by 4 million to find k to three decimal places.

• A) 0.126
• B) 0.011
• C) 0.630
• D) 0.021

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