Emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) reached an all-time high of 36.9 gigatons in 2014, a 2.5% increase over 2013. The International Energy Agency said this further reduces the chance that the world could avoid a dangerous rise in global average temperature by 2020. (a) If the discharge of CO2 continues at the same 2.5% rate per year for the next 6 years, how many gigatons will be released in 2020, and (b) what will be the total percentage increase between 2014 and 2020?

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Emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2)
reached an all-time high of 36.9 gigatons in 2014,
a 2.5% increase over 2013. The International Energy
Agency said this further reduces the chance
that the world could avoid a dangerous rise in
global average temperature by 2020. (a) If the
discharge of CO2 continues at the same 2.5% rate
per year for the next 6 years, how many gigatons
will be released in 2020, and (b) what will be the
total percentage increase between 2014 and
2020?

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