Question

The population of Mastertown was 23,000 in 2012. Assume that Mastertown's population increases at a rate of 2% per year. Write an equation to model the population of Master town(y) based on number of years since 2012 (x)

Answer 1

23,000+.02x=y. You have to add 2% or .02 times the number of years(x) to 23,000 to get the populatin(y) from 2012