SOLUTION: Need some help with this one. I am totally lost on what to do. "The population of a mid-western city has been in decline at a constant rate starting in the year 2000. The populat

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Question 807563: Need some help with this one. I am totally lost on what to do.
"The population of a mid-western city has been in decline at a constant rate starting in the year 2000. The population decreased from 900,000 to 800,000 from 2005 to 2007."
1. Express the population N as a function of t the time in years.
2. What was the population in 2000 and 2003?
3. What will be the predicted population in the year 2012?
Thanks for your help!

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