Problema Solution
the population of your city at the beginning of 2000 was 35,673 and the beginning of 2010 was 30,403. Find the rate of increase (or decrease) in the population for your city during this 10 year period. How can you use this information to predict the population in 2020?
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The decrease rate per year is:
(35,673 - 30,403)/10 = 527 per year
In the year 2020, that is 10 years from 2010 the population will decrease to:
30,403 - 10*527 = 25,133