The population in a town in Wisconsin dropped from 350,00 in 1994 to 315,000 in 2004. Predict the population in2018.

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You can model this as a linear functionIn ten years , the population decreases by 35000The slope=-35000/10=-3500The function is P=-3500(t)+350,000When t=0 which is the year 1994, P=350,000Now the year 2018, the t=24plug in the functionP=-3500(24)+350,000=266,000

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