Answer: Approximately the year 2006
Roughly 8 years after 1998
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Work Shown:
A = 373 represents a population of 373 thousand.
Plug in this value of A and solve for t. We'll need natural logs (LN) to isolate the variable.

Apply natural logs to both sides.

It takes about 8 years for the population to reach 373 thousand.
Since t = 0 starts at 1998, we get to the year 1998+8 = 2006.