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A population is growing at a rate proportional to its size. After 8 years, the population size was 117,000. After 19 years, the population size was 269,000. What was the original populatio

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

10th Edition

ISBN:9780470458365

Author:Erwin Kreyszig

Publisher:Erwin Kreyszig

Chapter2: Second-order Linear Odes

Section: Chapter Questions

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A population is growing at a rate proportional to its size. After

years, the population size was

117,000.

After

years, the population size was

269,000.

What was the original population?

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