Problem Growth of a population

At the beginning of 2008 the population of the country of Bellestan has reached 10 million people. The growth rate in this country has been determined to be 1 % per year. 

Often the growth of a population follows a first order reaction, at least in some stages of the growth 

P does not seem to be dependent on anything else but P. We therefore can write the general rate equation as  

Note - We are looking at an increase in population and therefore the rate is positive  

Note - The only difference to the equations previously used in this chapter is the sign in front of k. 

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