A city manage must predict the population of the city between the years 2000 and 2050 to make plans for new business expansions and housing
developments. To determine the population growth, the city manager will use
the formula y = ab". What do the variables in this formula represent?
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y the population of the city
x the year
b = the population in the year 2000
a = the growth rate
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y the population of the city
x=the time in years since the year 2000
b the growth rate
a the population in year 2000
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y the population of the city
**the time in year since the year 2050
b the number of new businesses and house
as the population in the year 2050
y the population of the city
x 50 years
b the population in the year 2050