Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
Given that the population of a city increased steadily over a ten-year span. The following ordered pairs show the population x and the year y over the ten-year span in the form (x, y) for specific recorded years.
x y
2500 2001
2650 2002
3000 2004
3500 2007
4200 2011
Slope 0.005865485
Intercept 1986.406413
So regression line is

When population = 15000

(x + 1)·(x + 1 + 11) = (x + 4)·(x + 4 + 1) --> x = 2
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Answer:
a.) 4 half lives have passed
b) 9.388 minutes
Step-by-step explanation:
Formula for exponential growth / decay is given as:

Where
is the final population
is the initial population
is the growth factor
is the time taken for the growth 'b'
is the amount of time
Here, we are given that:
= 6. 9 grams
= 110.4 grams

min
To find:
a.) Number of half lives taken for the decay.
b.) Total time in the decay.
Solution:
a.) Number of half lives taken for the decay is nothing but equal to
.
Putting the values in the formula, we get:

Therefore, the answer is:
<em>4 half lives </em>have passed.
b.) Total time of decay. We have to find the value of
here.
From answer of part a.):
