SOLUTION: Consider this scenario: A town's population has been decreasing at a constant rate. In 2010 the population was 5,500. By 2012 the population had dropped to 5,300. Assume this trend

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Question 1168222: Consider this scenario: A town's population has been decreasing at a constant rate. In 2010 the population was 5,500. By 2012 the population had dropped to 5,300. Assume this trend continues.
Predict the population in 2016.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
CONSTANT rate so your two points (x,y) are (0,5500) and (2,5300), using x=0 to mean for year 2010.

A couple choices you have are try interpolation, or make an equation.

y=%28%28300-500%29%2F%282%29%29x%2B5500-------simplify, and use for your question.