SOLUTION: I have no idea how to solve this?
The population of a small town is given by the table:
Year: 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010
P: 3500, 3512, 3548, 3608
If the population is modele
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Question 1038728: I have no idea how to solve this?
The population of a small town is given by the table:
Year: 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010
P: 3500, 3512, 3548, 3608
If the population is modeled by p(t) = at^2 + b where t is in years and t=0 corresponds to the year 1980 and t=1 corresponds the year 1990, find a.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use your data points.
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Then use any other point,
I'll use the 2010 data which would correspond to
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