Asked by Jake


3. Suppose that the population of a town in 1800 was 20 Thousand, and in 1850 it was 25 Thousand

What does your linear model predict for 2020 in Thousands?
Answered by oobleck
it grew by 5 thousand in 50 years, so with p(x) in thousands, then in year x,
p(x) = 20 + 1/10 (x-1800)