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Write an exponential growth function to model the situation. A population of 422,000 increases by 12% each year.

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This is just like working with money in a bank account
that's earning 12% interest.

If the population is 422,000 today, and
' n ' is the number of years after today,
then

Population = 422,000 (1.12)ⁿ .
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