AM I missing part of the question here??? Where does it say what the original pop was before the 2 year measurement???
20500 (x^4) = 184500
x^4 = 184500/20500
x = 1.73205 or 173% per year
20500/1.73205^2 = 6833 population originally in two years at 173% growth annually it will be
6833 x 1.73205 x 1.73205 = 20500
~jc (not sure about this one)
Yah, CPhil got this one...I misread the question....I thought it was 4 years from 20500 to 184500...it was only 2...AND I used the wrong equation...d'oh!
Way to go Chris!!