Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Internet Usage Prediction?

In today's lesson we examined a real-life application of exponential growth, predicting internet usage.
In the example, the prediction was that by 2016 there would be 6 billion internet users.
This was based on a growth rate of 19.5%.

What is the current growth rate of internet usage?
Does 6 billion internet users by 2016 seem reasonable?