document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1169640>Question 1169640</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Choose the best answer to the following question. Explain your reasoning with one or more complete sentences.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A​ town's population increases in one year from 50,000 to 56,000. If the population is growing​ linearly, at a steady​ rate, then what will the population be at the end of a second​ year?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Select the correct choice below​ and, if​ necessary, fill in the answer box to complete your choice.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The population will be 62,720 because the population increases by a factor of nothing each year.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The population will be 62,000 because the population increases by nothing each year.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The population will be 62,720 because the population increases by nothing each year.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "D.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The population will be 62,000 because the population increases by a factor of nothing each year.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "E.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The population will be 56,000 because the population holds steady after the first year. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "In your post, your term \"nothing\", which you repeat many times,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "is inappropriate.\r<BR>\n" );
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