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A town that had 4000 people at the beginning of the year

Last updated: 8/7/2022

A town that had 4000 people at the beginning of the year

A town that had 4000 people at the beginning of the year 2000 has been decreasing by 3.1% per year. (a) What is the 1-year percent change in the city's population? (b) Whenever 1 year passes, the population becomes what percent of its previous value? (That is, the "new" population is what percent of the "old" population whenever 1 year passes?) (c) What is the 1-year growth factor for the population of the city? (d) Write a function g that determines the population of the city (in number of people) in terms of the number of years t since the beginning of 2000. g(t)=