Alaskan Population The population, actual and predicted, of Alaska x years since 200...

Alaskan Population The population, actual and predicted, of Alaska x years since 2000 can be modeled as

thousand people

(Source: Based on information at www.census.gov/population/ projections)

a. What is Alaska’s population expected to be at the end of 2018?

b. When is Alaska’s population expected to reach 800,000?