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In 1990 a firm of management consultants made a prognosis for the number of passengers traveling with Hurtigruten Bergen – Kirkenes. The prognosis is given by
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Maximilian Ziegler Candidate number: 000495-022 Portfolio Assignment Mathematical Modelling SL Type II In 1990 a firm of management consultants made a prognosis for the number of passengers traveling with Hurtigruten Bergen - Kirkenes. The prognosis is given by x = 0 corresponds to the year 1990, f (0) is the number of passengers this year, f (1) is the number of passengers traveling in 1991 etc. Part 1 Task 1 How many traveled in 1990? Using the given formula and the fact that I can rewrite the formula: --> According to the function, the number of passengers traveling in 1990 will be 270000. Task 2 The prognosis tells us that one year 450000 passengers will travel Bergen - Kirkenes. Which year? To answer this question, I will put f(x) = 450000 and then solve for "x" to figure out when the number of passengers will exceed 450000. Hence, the number of passengers traveling will exceed 450000 in 2001, after 11 years. Task 3 Show...
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