Problema Solution
4. A high school had 1200 students enrolled in 2003 and 1500 students in 2006. If the student population P, grows as a linear function of time t, where t is the number of years after 2003.
a) How many students will be enrolled in the school in 2010?
b) Find a linear function that relates the student population to the time t.
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we have two points: (1200, 2003) and (1500, 2006)
let 't' represent the year and 'p' the student population, then the linear equation expressing these points is:
p=0.01t + 1991
if t=2010, p=2011