On August 21 2009 the World Health Organization Announced Its

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Multiple Choice

On August 21 2009 the World Health Organization announced its prediction that the number of new cases of H1N1 (swine flu) virus would double every 5 days for several months. As of July 27 2009 the number of new cases was 17871. Determine the instantaneous growth rate for the virus (rounded to the nearest ten-thousandths) .

• A) 0.3495
• B) 0.1386
• C) 1.3979
• D) 1.1487
• E) 0.0602

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