SOLUTION: Consider this scenario: A town's population has been decreasing at a constant rate. In 2010 the population was 5,500. By 2012 the population had dropped to 5,300. Assume this trend
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Question 1168222: Consider this scenario: A town's population has been decreasing at a constant rate. In 2010 the population was 5,500. By 2012 the population had dropped to 5,300. Assume this trend continues.
Predict the population in 2016.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
CONSTANT rate so your two points (x,y) are (0,5500) and (2,5300), using x=0 to mean for year 2010.
A couple choices you have are try interpolation, or make an equation.
-------simplify, and use for your question.
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