Problema Solution
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the percentge of the u.s. population that resides in metropolition areas increased from about 78% in 1980 to about 83% in 2006
(a) calculate the percentge of the u.s. population resides in metropolition areas in 1992
(b) predit the percentge of the u.s. popultion resides in metropoltion areas in 2012
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1 + r = 1.002393, or r = 0.002393, to 6 decimal places.
Then the working equation is . In 1992,
, or 80.27%.
b) In 2012, we predict that the percentage would be , or 84.2%