Nexdt Previous Problem ListN (4 points) The populations, P.of six towns with tim

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Nexdt Previous Problem ListN (4 points) The populations, P.of six towns with time in years are given by 1 P=8000.79) 2P= 1400( 1.187), 3 P = 1200(1.05) 4 P-700(1.14) 5 P = 1500(0.95), 6 1600(0.8), the populations of the sx towns above. Whenever you need to enter several towns in one answer, enter Answer the following questions re your answer as a comma or 2,4,1,3:or any other crder of these four numerais separated by commas list of numbers. For example if town 1, town 2, town 3, and town 4, are all growing you could enter 1, 2,3,4 al Which of the towns are growing? b) Which of the towns are shrinking? Which town is growing the fastest? What is the annual percentage growth RATE of that town? d) Which town is shrinking the fastest? What is the annual percentage decay RATE of that town? (el Which town has the largest initial population? n Which town has the smallest initial population? Note: You can eam partial credit on this problem. Preview My Ars Submit Answers MacBook Air 5 6 7 8 9 K.

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a) towns 2 , 3 , 4 are growing

since their growth factor is greater than 1

b) towns 1, 5 , 6 are shrinking

since the decay factor is less than 1

c) town 2 is growing the fastest

annual percentage growth rate = 18.7%

d) town 1 is shrinking the fastest

annual percentage decay rate = 21%

e) town 6 has largest initial population

f) town 4 has smallest initial population

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