Question

In 1990, the population p of India was about 870.5 million people. By 1995, there were about 960.9 million people. The equation =870.5⋅(1.021)

p
=
870.5
⋅
(
1.021
)
t
approximates the number of people, in millions, in terms of the number of years t since 1990.

By what factor does the number of people grow in one year?

Answer 1

18.08 million people increase per year

Explanation:

870.5 to 960.9 difference in 5 years.

960.9- 870.5 divided by 5 is your formula

comes to a 18.08 million people increase per year

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