SOLUTION: A town's population increase in one year from 100,000 to 120,000. If the population is growing linearly at a steady rate, what will the town's population be at the end of three yea

Question 475233: A town's population increase in one year from 100,000 to 120,000. If the population is growing linearly at a steady rate, what will the town's population be at the end of three years?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A town's population increase in one year from 100,000 to 120,000. If the population is growing linearly at a steady rate, what will the town's population be at the end of three years?
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Slope = 20,000
Intercept = 100,000
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p(t) = 20,000t + 100,000
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P(3) = 20,000(3) = 100,000
P(3) = 160,000
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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