1000 .Silver Heights Secondary School has a capacity of 1600 students. The school, which is in a growing area of a city, now has 150 students. The school population is increasing at a rate of 5% per year. The following represents the exponential growth of the school population P =1000 (1.05)* a) Use the equation to determine the population in 2 years. c) Using the graph determine an estimated answer for when the population will be at 1300. Show your work on the graph or explain how you would show your work on the graph. y Population 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 x Time (yrs) 8 9 -2 3 4 5 6 7

1000 .Silver Heights Secondary School has a capacity of 1600 students. The school, which is in a growing area of a city, now has 150 students. The school population is increasing at a rate of 5% per year. The following represents the exponential growth of the school population P =1000 (1.05)* a) Use the equation to determine the population in 2 years. c) Using the graph determine an estimated answer for when the population will be at 1300. Show your work on the graph or explain how you would show your work on the graph. y Population 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 x Time (yrs) 8 9 -2 3 4 5 6 7

College Algebra (MindTap Course List)

12th Edition

ISBN:9781305652231

Author:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Publisher:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Chapter5: Exponential And Logarithmic Functions

Section5.2: Applications Of Exponential Functions

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