SOLUTION: Consider this scenario: A town's population has been decreasing at a constant rate. In 2010 the population was 6,500. By 2012 the population had dropped to 5,700. Assume this trend

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Question 1168223: Consider this scenario: A town's population has been decreasing at a constant rate. In 2010 the population was 6,500. By 2012 the population had dropped to 5,700. Assume this trend continues.
Identify the year in which the population will reach 0. (Round your answer down to the nearest year.)
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nearly identical; just some different values; slightly different question