To estimate the rate of change of population on July 4. 2015, you can calculate

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To estimate the rate of change of population on July 4. 2015, you can calculate average rates over a sequence of smaller intervals. Make a table showing the average rates of change over the following intervals. Be sure all rates are in the same units of "people per year." Your table should be in the form given below. Based on this table, give an estimate of the rate of growth of the US population on the date July 4. 2015 (in people per year). Using the same process we followed in Questions 4 and 5, estimate the instantaneous rate of growth of the population on each of the following dates: January 2, 2016, February 2, 2016. Does the population growth rate appear to be increasing or decreasing over this period? What are the correct units for the rate of change of a growth rate? Explain your reasoning. Now. let's assume for a moment that for the next few months, the population continues to grow at exactly the same rate as it was growing on Feb 2. 2016. (If you answered Question 6 completely, you'll have an idea of whether this assumption is reasonable. But in any case, it is certainly the simplest assumption to make, so we'll try it out). Using this "steady growth" assumption, what would you predict the population to be on March 2, 2016? On April 2. 2016? On February 2, 2017? In Question 6 you found that the instantaneous growth rate is changing over time. Taking this change into consideration, would you expect that the predictions you made in Question 7 are too large or too small? Explain. Finally, is one more accurate than the other? Explain. (Bonus.) Plot the instantaneous rate of growth of the population on the dates given in Question 6. Use this to guess the instantaneous rate of growth of the population on March 2. 2016. Using that, provide a more accurate prediction of the population on April 2. 2016. Explain your reasoning.

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I think question is incomplete have they gave the data sheet of the population? ( please post it)

or is it a survey based question that you should do in your region?

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