The equation

$$y = 281(1.0l)^x$$

is a model for the population of the United States y, in millions of people, x years after the year 2000. Estimate when the United States population will reach 400 million people.

how Hawaii became part of the United States.

Which fuel is consumed the most in the United States?

Modify the project so that a room can hold any number of items. Use a collection to do this. Make sure the room has an addItem method that places an item into the room. Make sure all items get shown when a player enters a room.

On April 1, 2000, the day of the 2000 national census, the population of the United States was $281,421,906$ people. This was a $13.2 \%$ increase from the 1990 census. What was the 1990 population of the United States?

The population (in thousands) of people of East Indian origin in the United States is approximated by the function $p ( t ) = 1600 ( 2 ) ^ { 0.1047 t }$ where t is the number of years since 2010. a. Find the population of this group in (i) 2010. (ii) 2018. b. Predict the population in 2025.

A project has been in operation for 5 years. Calculate the rate of return and state whether it has been an acceptable rate of return

A stretch of $12 \frac{3}{5}$ mi of highway is being repaired. The project foreman reported that less than half of the job is complete. Draw a diagram to show the remaining miles to be repaired. Then write an inequality for the number of miles m that still need repair.

Why was affirmative action first introduced in the United States?

What are the four types of monopolies in the United States?

What was the impact of economic growth on the United States?

Open and test the imageviewer0-4 project. The folder for this chapter’s projects also includes a folder called images. Here, you can find some test images you can use. Of course, you can also use your own images.

Determine (a) the before-tax ROR, and (b) approximate after-tax ROR for a project that has a first cost of $750,000, a salvage value of 25% of the first cost after 3 years, and annual (GI-OE) of$260,000. Assume the company has a $T_{e}$ of 37%.

Determine the number of yards of concrete you need for the given project. To builders, a "yard" of concrete means a cubic yard. (A cubic yard is equal to ( 36 in. $)^3$, or 46,656 in. $^3$.) A driveway that is 30 feet long, 18 feet wide, and 4 inches thick.