SOLUTION: Consider this scenario: A town has an initial population of 65,000. It grows at a constant rate of 3,500 per year for 4 years. When will the output reach 100,000? (The answer m

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Question 1053479: Consider this scenario: A town has an initial population of 65,000. It grows at a constant rate of 3,500 per year for 4 years.
When will the output reach 100,000? (The answer may be outside of the reasonable domain.)
_________ years after the model began
Answer by jorel555(1290) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let n be the number of years. Then:
100000=65000+3500n
35000=3500n
n=10 years before the population reaches 10000. ☺☺☺☺