Tacoma’s population in 2000 was about 200 thousand, and had been growing by about 9% each year. Write a recursive formula for the population of Tacoma
Write an explicit formula for the population of Tacoma
If this trend continues, what will Tacoma’s population be in 2016?
When does this model predict Tacoma’s population to exceed 400 thousand?

Sam makes his sales calls according to a pattern. he travels either north or south depending on the calendar. some of his past trips were as follows: on february 17, april 24, june 10, september 19, and november 3 he drove north. on february 28, may 25, august 22, november 20, and december 18, he drove south. describe sams' pattern. in which direction will sam drive on oct4 and oct 24?

Marcus and cody both leave the park at the same time, but in opposite directions. if cody travels 6 mph faster than marcus and after 4 hours they are 64 miles apart, how fast is each traveling? solve using rare times time = distance.

Bocephus has a bag full of nickels and dimes. if there are 3 times as many dimes as nickels, and he has $\$36.05$ in his bag, how many nickels does he have?