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the population of a town grew from 20,000 to 28,000. the continuous growth rate is 15%. the equation 2e^0.15t=28000 represents the situation, where t is the number of years the population has been growing. about how many years has the population of the town been growing?
a. 2 years (its a)
b. 9 years
c. 17 years
d. 22 years