On August 21 2009 the World Health Organization Announced Its

Multiple Choice

On August 21 2009 the World Health Organization announced its prediction that the number of new cases of H1N1 (swine flu) virus would double every 5 days for several months. As of July 27 2009 the number of new cases was 17871. Determine the instantaneous growth rate for the virus (rounded to the nearest ten-thousandths) .

A) 0.3495
B) 0.1386
C) 1.3979
D) 1.1487
E) 0.0602