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Malthus' principle of population growth can be written as the differential equation y'=ky where y(t) is the population t years after the initial measurement and k is the growth constant. The solution to this differential equation is given by y(t)=Ae^{kt} where A is the initial...

K it's been a while and I can't remember how to figure this problem out without going doing tons of work. Estimating that the world population was 0.9 billion in 1798, use this equation to estimate the population (in billions) in the years 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, and 1900. Using the equation...