Question

WILL MEDAL. PLEASE HELP A town has a current population of 4,000. The population increased 4 percent per year for the past four years. Emergency response professionals make up 3 percent of the town’s population. Write a function that represents the population (p) of the town in terms of the number of years (t) for the last four years.

Answer 1

total population = current population × (1+ rate of change)t years
p = 4,000(1 + 0.04)t
p is a function of t
p(t) = 4,000(1 + 0.04)t