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World Population One projection of the world population by the United Nations (a low-proje...

World Population One projection of the world population by the United Nations (a low-projection scenario) is given in the table below. The data can be modeled by y = −0.36x2 + 38.52x + 5822.86 million people, where x is the number of years after 1990. In what year after 1990 does this model predict the world population will first reach 6,702,000,000?

Year

Projected Population (millions)

1995

5666

2000

6028

2025

7275

2050

7343

2075

6402

2100

5153

2125

4074

2150

3236

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