SOLUTION: The population of a town can be modeled by the function P(x)=60,000cuberoot(x-1970., where x is the year. in what year was the population 120,000 please help ASAp.

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Question 1011875: The population of a town can be modeled by the function P(x)=60,000cuberoot(x-1970., where x is the year. in what year was the population 120,000 please help ASAp.
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system%28P%28x%29=60000root%283%2Cx-1970%29%2CP%28x%29=120000%29-->60000root%283%2Cx-1970%29=120000-->root%283%2Cx-1970%29=120000%2F60000-->root%283%2Cx-1970%29=2-->x-1970=2%5E3-->x-1970=8-->x=1970%2B8-->highlight%28x=1978%29