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On January 
1^("st "),2014, approximately 450 thousand buildings in the United States (US) had solar panels. This number increased by a total of about 180 thousand over the next 12 months. Assuming a constant rate of change, approximately how many months after January 
1^("st "),2014 would 900 thousand buildings in the US have solar panels?

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On January 1st ,2014 1^{\text {st }}, 2014 , approximately 450450 thousand buildings in the United States (US) had solar panels. This number increased by a total of about 180180 thousand over the next 1212 months. Assuming a constant rate of change, approximately how many months after January 1st ,2014 1^{\text {st }}, 2014 would 900900 thousand buildings in the US have solar panels?\newline \square

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Q. On January 1st ,2014 1^{\text {st }}, 2014 , approximately 450450 thousand buildings in the United States (US) had solar panels. This number increased by a total of about 180180 thousand over the next 1212 months. Assuming a constant rate of change, approximately how many months after January 1st ,2014 1^{\text {st }}, 2014 would 900900 thousand buildings in the US have solar panels?\newline \square
  1. Calculate Rate of Increase: Calculate the rate of increase per month.\newlineRate of increase =Total increase over 12 monthsNumber of months= \frac{\text{Total increase over 12 months}}{\text{Number of months}}\newline=180,000 buildings12 months= \frac{180,000 \text{ buildings}}{12 \text{ months}}\newline=15,000 buildings per month= 15,000 \text{ buildings per month}
  2. Find Additional Buildings Needed: Find out how many more buildings are needed to reach 900900 thousand from the initial 450450 thousand.\newlineAdditional buildings needed = Target number of buildings - Initial number of buildings\newline= 900,000900,000 buildings - 450,000450,000 buildings\newline= 450,000450,000 buildings
  3. Calculate Number of Months: Calculate the number of months needed to reach an additional 450,000450,000 buildings at the rate of 15,00015,000 buildings per month.\newlineNumber of months = Additional buildings needed / Rate of increase per month\newline= 450,000 buildings15,000 buildings per month\frac{450,000 \text{ buildings}}{15,000 \text{ buildings per month}}\newline= 3030 months

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