SOLUTION: Suppose that the population of a town is given by P = 0.16t^2 + 7.2t +100 where P is the population in thousands and t is the time in years, with t = 0 representing the year 2000.
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Question 1181718: Suppose that the population of a town is given by P = 0.16t^2 + 7.2t +100 where P is the population in thousands and t is the time in years, with t = 0 representing the year 2000.
a) What was the population in 2010? Found 2 solutions by htmentor, Solver92311:Answer by htmentor(1343) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The equation for the population as written will never allow the population to
reach 52,000 for any positive value of t.
If P = 0.16t^2 + 7.2t + 100 represents the population in thousands, then
the population at t = 0 is 100,000. Any positive values of t will only make
the population get larger, so this will not work.
