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For the arithmetic for the calculus solution, in Rexx,
y.0 = ( 1 / 100 ) b = 1 k = ( 1 / 2000 ) Do t = 1 To 5 t1 = t * (10 * 365 ) e1 = RxCalcExp( b * k * t1, 16 ) y.t = ( y.0 * e1 ) / ( y.0 * ( e1 - 1 ) + b ) Say Format(t,9) Format(100*y.t,6,2) || '%' End
==== Growth ==== Customer Fraction Year Calculus Discrete 1 5.90% 5.89% 2 27.99% 27.97% 3 70.68% 70.66% 4 93.73% 93.73% 5 98.93% 98.93%
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For the arithmetic for the calculus solution, in Rexx,
Table below has the values from both the calculus and the discrete versions: Lesson: Sometimes in growth problems with a calculus solution, a discrete version can give close results.