Respuesta :

Answer:

  A. 8 million

  B. 2.53%

Step-by-step explanation:

A. When t=0, the exponential term has a value of 1, so the function value is 8.

In 1970, the population of New York was 8 million.

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B. The factor multiplying t in the expression is 2.5%, which is the annual growth rate that is being continuously compounded. The result of that compounding is that after 1 year, the population has increased by a factor of ...

  e^(0.025·1) ≈ 1.025315...

or by about 2.53%.