The city has grown to 28000(1.04)t t is the number of years since 2000 what was the population in 2000

Question

Population=28000(1.04)t

Answer 1

Hello. 

 

Since you are trying to find the population in the year 2000, and 't' represents how many years it has been since 2000, all you have to do is plug in 0 to the equation. That is because 2000 represents your 'starting time'. So, if you plug 0 in the equation, you would get the following:

 

28,000(1.04)⁰ [plugging in 0 to the equation for t]

 

28,000(1) [remember that any number raised to the 0th power is 1]

 

28,000 is the population in the year 2000. 

 

I hope this helps! Good luck!

 

Frank