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1. Complete table for savings in which interest is compounded continously.

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3. The population of P of a city is given by P= 105300 e^0.015t, where t represents the year with t=0 corresponding to 2000. Sketch the graph of this equation. According to this model, in which year will city have population of 150,000?

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1. Complete table for savings in which interest is compounded continously.

Initial investment Annual rate Time to double total
$1000 ? ? $2281.88

If a bank compounds continuously, then the formula takes a simpler, that is

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