Chapter 3.9, Problem 363E

For the following exercises, use the population of New York City from 1790 to 1860, given in the following table.

Years since 1790	Population
0	33,131
10	60,515
20	96,373
30	123,706
40	202,300
50	312,710
60	515,547
70	813,669

Table 3.9 New York City Population Over Time Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/

Largest_cities _in_the_United_States _by_population_by_decade.

363. [T] Using a computer program or a calculator, fit a growth curve to the data of the form $p=a{b}^t$ .