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Plz help me! My grade depends on this!!! The initial amount of people that are sick with the flu is 36 and growing at a rate of 8% every day. How many people will be sick with the flu in 11 days? Enter
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Plz help me! My grade depends on this!!!

The initial amount of people that are sick with the flu is 36 and growing at a rate of 8% every day.

How many people will be sick with the flu in 11 days?



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User Mallikarjun
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The number of people grows by a factor of 1.08 per day, so
the number of people with the flu will equal 36*(1.08)^days
For 11 days it will equal 36*(1.08)^11
which equals 83.939 which rounds to 84 people.
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