MODERATE EXERCISES - Logarithms and Modelling

(1) In 1967, Dr. Christian Barnard, of South Africa, staggered the world by performing the first heart transplant. There was 1 transplant in 1967. In 1987, there were 1418 such transplants.

  1. Assume that the number of heart transplants performed per year grow exponentially. Using the formula
    N = N0 ekt

    find the exponential growth function that fits the data.
  2. Use your answer in part (a) to predict the number of heart transplants in 1996.

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