A Towns population has been declining in recent years. The table shows the population since 1980. Is this data consistent with an exponential function? Complete the explanation. If so predict the population for 2010 assuming the trend holes. in the year 1980 the population was 5000, in the year 1990 the population was 1000, in the year 2000 the population was 200. the ratio between successive function values is ? so this ? consistent with an exponential function. The predicted population for 2010 assuming the trend holds is ?