The following table shows the population of New York State (in thousands) onding to US Census data for the last century. 1980 2000 1960 1940 1900 1920 17.558 18.250 Populmon 16.782 7.268 10.385 13,479 a. What was the average rate of change of New York's population during the 20th century?
b. Use the average rate of change from 1980 to 2000 to write a linear equatio for New York's population as a function of time for 1980 to 2000.
c. Using your equation from part b, in what year should the population reach
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