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Data Set for CHAPTER 2


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This shows the population of Houston in thousands (second column) from 1850 to 1980. Data from "An Example of Exponential Growth" by B. Franklin, The Physics Teacher, October 1987, 436-437.


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1st col 2nd col
1850 18.632
1860 35.441
1870 48.986
1880 71.316
1890 86.224
1900 134.600
1910 185.654
1920 272.475
1930 455.570
1940 646.869
1950 947.500
1960 1430.394
1970 1999.316
1980 2905.344