The Population of a Town with an Initial Population of 60,196

question 51

Multiple Choice

The population of a town with an initial population of 60,196 is decreasing at a rate of 4.2% per year. Create a table showing the value of the quantity Q for the first 5 years or growth or decay.

• A)
• \(\begin{array}{cr}
• \text { Year } & \text { Population } \\
• 0 & 60,196 \\
• 1 & 55,140 \\
• 2 & 50,508 \\
• 3 & 46,265 \\
• 4 & 42,379 \\
• 5 & 38,819
• \end{array}\)
• B)
• \(\begin{array}{cr}
• \text { Year } & \text { Population } \\
• 0 & 60,196 \\
• 1 & 58,932 \\
• 2 & 57,694 \\
• 3 & 56,483 \\
• 4 & 55,297 \\
• 5 & 54,135
• \end{array}\)
• C)
• \(\begin{array}{cr}
• \text { Year } & \text { Population } \\
• 0 & 60,196 \\
• 1 & 57,668 \\
• 2 & 55,246 \\
• 3 & 52,925 \\
• 4 & 50,703 \\
• 5 & 48,573
• \end{array}\)
• D)
• \(\begin{array}{l}
• \text { Year Population }\\
• \begin{array}{ll}
• 0 & 60,196 \\
• 1 & 62,724 \\
• 2 & 65,359 \\
• 3 & 68,104 \\
• 4 & 70,964 \\
• 5 & 73,945
• \end{array}
• \end{array}\)

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