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Thompson High School had a population of 1800 students in 2010. Every year since then, the population has grown by 50 students a year. Write a formula to model this situation if you let 2010 be t = 0.
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Thompson High School had a population of 1800 students in 2010. Every year since then, the population has grown by 50 students a year. Write a formula to model this situation if you let 2010 be t = 0.

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Let X be the no. of students in 2010,

and, Y be the effective increase in no. of students in the particular year.

Total students in (t) years= X+Y
= X + 50t
= 1800+ 50t
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