Question

if the population of a particular country is growing at 2.6% compounded continuously, how long will it take the population to quadruple

Answer 1

\[A=A_0e^{r t}\]
Where A_0 is the initial amount
r is the rate
t is the time
A is what you accumulated after t units

Answer 2

the question is asking how long
this means we are looking for t

Answer 3

the rate is given as .026

Answer 4

And what do you think A is given as ?

Answer 5

Remember is wants to know how long it will take for the initial amount to quadruple