The population growth rate of New York City has fluctuated tremendously in the last 200 years, the highest rate estimated at 126.8% in 1900. In 2001, the population of the city was 8,008,288, up 2.1% from 2000. If we assun
that the annual population growth rate stayed at 2.1% from the year 2000 onward, in what year would we expect
the population of New York City to have exceeded ten million people? Be sure to include the explicit formula you
use to arrive at your answer.

An office supply company conducted a survey before marketing a new paper shredder designed for home use. in the survey, 80 % of the people who tried the shredder were satisfied with it. because of this high satisfaction rate, the company decided to market the new shredder. assume that 80 % of all people are satisfied with this shredder. during a certain month, 100 customers bought this shredder. find the probability that of these 100 customers, the number who are satisfied is 69 or fewer.

Madeline takes her family on a boat ride. going through york canal, she drives 6 miles in 10 minutes. later on as she crosses stover lake, she drives 30 minutes at the same average speed. which statement about the distances is true?

Marquise has 200 meters of fencing to build a rectangular garden. the garden's area (in square meters) as a function of the garden's width w w (in meters) is modeled by: a ( w ) = − w 2 + 1 0 0 w a(w)=−w 2 +100w what side width will produce the maximum garden area? meters