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where t is measured in years, with t = 0 corresponding to 1983. The number of inmates for which prisons were designed is given by

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where C(t) is measured in thousands and t has the same meaning as before. Find an expression that shows the gap between the number of prisoners and the number of inmates for which the prisons were designed at any time t.



What will be an ideal response?



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