let's pick Pleasantville as our town. Based on the second column, we can express the current estimated populasion of Pleasantville as just x. On the other hand, if we use the third column, we can write the expression for the current estimated populasion in terms of x as x minus 0.02x, which simplifies to 0.98x.
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Okay, let's choose Pleasantville as our town. According to the second column, we can say that the approximate population of Pleasantville right now is just x. But if we look at the third column, we can write the expression for the estimated population in terms of x as x minus 0.02x, which simplifies to 0.98x.