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According to the U. S. Census, the population of St. Louis was 397 thousand in 1990 and 34...

According to the U. S. Census, the population of St. Louis was 397 thousand in 1990 and 348 thousand in 2000.

a. Find a linear function model P(t) = … that gives the population of St. Louis as a function of t, the number of years after 1990.


b. Use your model to predict the population of St. Louis in 2003.


c. If the actual population of St. Louis in 2003 was 332 thousand, was your answer in (b) a reasonable prediction?


d. Use your model to predict the month of the calendar year in which the population of St. Louis falls to 300 thousand.

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