The population of California was 29.76 million in 1990 and 33.87 million in 2000. Assume that the population grows exponentially.
Let and r be the initial population & growth rate of population respectively. Then population in California t years after 1990 is,
(1)
a. Since the population in 1990 is 29.76 million, therefore
In 2000, the population is 33.87 million. That is,
when
Therefore from equation (1), we get
Therefore the population t years after 1990 is,
b) The double of 29.76 million is 59.52 million.
So put in , we get
Hence the population will double in 53.5828 years.
c)Since 2010−1990=20, therefore to predict the population in 2010, put in , we get
million
The population in California in 2010 is 37.3 million, therefore the actual population is approximately 1 million less than the obtained population.