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TABLE 13.1: Number of patients for years 1995–2002.
Year 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Patients 5,500 8,500 13,500 20,500 29,500 40,500
Increase 0 3,000 5,000 7,000 9,000 11,000
Year 2001 2002
Patients 53,5000 68,500
Increase 13,000 15,000
FIGURE 13.3: Number of patients for 1995–2002.
number. The differences in the number of patients from year to year increase in a
regular pattern, in a linear manner. This implies that the increases of the number of
patients follow an arithmetic growth.
Computing the first and second differences of the data for this problem is similar
to the one already discussed.
13.5.2 Growth of ...