The population of a city was 10,000 in 2010. The population increase at an annual rate of 2.5% per year. Is the growth model function that represents the population of the city linear?

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The population of a city was 10,000 in 2010. The population increase at an annual rate of 2.5% per year. Is the growth model function that represents the population of the city linear?

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The growth model that represents the population of this city is not linear--it is exponential:

$f(t) = 10000( {1.025}^(t) )$

$t = 0 \: represents \: 2010$

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