Between 2006 and 2016, the number of applications for patents, N, grew by about
3.4% per year. That is, N'(t)=0.034N(t).
a) |
Find the function that satisfies this equation. Assume that
t=0 corresponds to 2006, when approximately 456,000 patent applications were received. |
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b) |
Estimate the number of patent applications in 2020. | |
c) |
Estimate the rate of change in the number of patent applications in 2020. |
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