The population of mastertown was 23,000 in 2012. assume that mastertowns population increases at a rate of 2% per year. write an equation to model the population of mastertown (y) based on numbers of years since 2012 (x)

Alright, let's interpret it, first.

The question is asking us to first find two percent of 23,000, then right an equation.

Alright, first, let's find two percent of 23,000. To find that we must do 0.02*23,000

I got 460

So we know that Mastertown's population is increasing by 460 people per year. All we have to do now is plug that into the equation.

Population (y)= 460* amount of years (x)

So our final equation is y = 460x

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It's like discovering the answer to a puzzle. the purpose in solving an equation is to find the value or values of the variable that makes it a true statement. any value of the variable that makes the equation true is called a solution to the equation.