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The table shows the estimated percentage P of the population of a certain country that are mobile-phone subscribers. (End of year estimates are given.)
Year | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 |
P | 2.1 | 8.2 | 15.7 | 25 | 45.7 | 62.5 |
(a) Find the average rate of change of P.
(i) From 2003 to 2007 ........................... percentage
points per year
(ii) From 2003 to 2005 ............................. percentage
points per year
(iii) From 2001 to 2003 ............................... percentage
points per year
(b) Estimate the instantaneous rate of growth in 2003 by taking the
average of two average rates of change. (Use the average rates of
change for 2001 to 2003 and 2003 to 2005.)
........................... percentage points per year
(c) Estimate the instantaneous rate of growth in 2003 by sketching
a graph of P and measuring the slope of a tangent. (Sketch
your graph so that it is a smooth curve through the points, and so
that the tangent line has an x-intercept of 1999.3 and
passing through the point
(2006, 46.6).
Round your answer to two decimal places.)
.................................... percentage points per year