1. The population will take 29.4 years to double based on the given growth rate of 2.36% per year and original population of 76,504,077. 2. Plugging the values into the exponential growth formula and taking the logarithm of both sides allows you to isolate the time variable. 3. The population will reach 80,000,000 in 1.9 years based on the same growth rate and original population starting value.