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Title: Given a 1999 world population of 6 billion, and a 2006 population of 6.52 billio
Post by: colleen on Jul 7, 2012
Given a 1999 world population of 6 billion, and a 2006 population of 6.52 billion, calculate the average annual growth rate over the 7-year period.


Title: Re: Given a 1999 world population of 6 billion, and a 2006 population of 6.52 billio
Post by: how_mendel on Jul 26, 2012
  r = (1/t) ln(N/N0)

= (1/7) ln[(6.52 x 109)/(6 x 109)]

= 0.0119, or 1.19% per year