SOLUTION: If population decreased from 1900 to 1980, then increased after that, would you use this as an equation? y=ax^+bx+c

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Question 192751: If population decreased from 1900 to 1980, then increased after that, would you use this as an equation? y=ax^+bx+c
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If population decreased from 1900 to 1980, then increased after that, would you use this as an equation? y=ax^+bx+c
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Yes because this is a parabola that opens upward (positive a), descends to a minimum then increases.