In 1996 the population of Russia was 148 million and the population of Nigeria was 104 million. If the populations of Russia and Nigeria grow at annual rates of -0.62% and 3.0%, respectively, when will Nigeria have a greater population than Russia?
Algebra 2
Algebra 2
1 Answer
Jul 19, 2018
2006
Explanation:
We can express these as exponential growths and decays.
For each, we have the following functional form
where
We can set these up for both populations and set them equal to eachother:
So before 2006, Nigeria will outpace Russia in population