Thread: modular exponentiation/recurrence relation

Hello, delgeezee!

Assume the pop. of world in 2002 is 6.2B and growing at a rate of 1.3% each year.

a. Set up a recurrence relation for pop. n years after 2002.

b. find an explicit formula for the pop. of the world after n years.

c. What will be the pop. on 2022?

The recurrence relation I came up with is
A(n+1)= 1.3*A(n) , where A(n) is 6.2B
You don't understand percents, do you?

The population increases each year by a factor of 1.3% or 0.013.

Originally Posted by Soroban

Hello, delgeezee!


The population increases each year by a factor of 1.3% or 0.013.



6.2B)(1.013)^n\;\text{ where }n\text{ = number of years after 2002.}" alt="(b)\;A(n) \:=\6.2B)(1.013)^n\;\text{ where }n\text{ = number of years after 2002.}" />

6.2B)(1.013)^{20} \;\approx\;8.03B" alt="(c)\;A(20) \:=\6.2B)(1.013)^{20} \;\approx\;8.03B" />

Sorry about that. It increase by 1.3% each year
so A(n+1)=A(n)*1.013
But I am having trouble grasping modular expression. I need to make this into a program and have the computer compute the answer. The only problem I am having is using the large interger 6.2Billion.

My apologies again. I see now that i don't need to use modular expression.