In the year 2000, the population of a city was 600,000 citizens. the population increases at a rate of 1.8% per year.

create and graph a function to model the population, y , (in thousands), x years after 2000.
in complete sentences, interpret the relationship between the rate of change of the function and its graph.
predict the population of the city in the year 2012.

SOS

a) 600,000 (1.018)ᵗ, the graph is below:

* "t" is the years. 2000 is the first year, so "t" would be 1. 2012 is the 12th year so "t" would be 12.

b) As the years go by, the population increases. The years (X), and population (Y) both increase together. The graph shows that when the years increase the population increases.

c) In 2012, which would be 12 years later, I predict the population would be around 743,232 people.

120 seems like the most sensible answer.

step-by-step explanation:

if there is only one topping on all caramel apples and there's 120 of them. then all apples should/will be covered in sprinkles. make sense?