Question 1169640: Choose the best answer to the following question. Explain your reasoning with one or more complete sentences.
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?
Select the correct choice below and, if necessary, fill in the answer box to complete your choice.
A.
The population will be 62,720 because the population increases by a factor of nothing each year.
(Type a whole number.)
B.
The population will be 62,000 because the population increases by nothing each year.
(Type a whole number.)
C.
The population will be 62,720 because the population increases by nothing each year.
(Type a whole number.)
D.
The population will be 62,000 because the population increases by a factor of nothing each year.
(Type a whole number.)
E.
The population will be 56,000 because the population holds steady after the first year.
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source):
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