a country's population in 1992 was 103 million in 1997 it was 108 million estimate the population in 2004 using the exponential growth formula round your answser to the nearest million
p=Ae^kt

please help !

Question

a country's population in 1992 was 103 million in 1997 it was 108 million estimate the population in 2004 using the exponential growth formula round your answser to the nearest million
p=Ae^kt 

please help !

anonymous · Answer

if you have to use 
$$P=Ae^{kt}$$ you need to find $k$ first

anonymous · Answer

$A$ is the starting amount, which in your case is $103$  so it is going to be 
$$P=103e^{kt}$$ 
if $t=5$ you know $P=108$ so you can solve for $k$ via 
$$\large 108=103e^{5k}$$