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1 If the population of a town increases by 280 people per year, then the growth is LINEAR (or constant). If the population in 2022 is 120,500, then what will the population be in 2023?

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The population in the year 2023 is 120,780.

The growth is linear hence, the equation of the growth is
y=ax+b where b represents the initial population and a is the number of people growing yearly.

So, according to the question statement, we have that

y=280x+b where x is the number of years past and y is the population in the xth year.

According to the given problem population in 2022 will be 120,500.

Suppose that the initial population is taken at 2000.

Hence, 120,500=280×(2022-2000)+b

⇒b=120,500-280×22

⇒b=120,500-6,160

    =114,340

So, the Linear equation becomes

y=280x+114,340

⇒y=280×(2023-2000)+114,340

⇒y=120,780

Hence, the population in the year 2023 is 120,780.

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