Algebra I - Task Two

City: San Francisco, CA

Population:  864,816 (2016)

Population Growth Rate: 1.35%

Function: f(x) =  864,816 x (1 + 0.0135) OR f(x) =  y x (1 + 0.0135)

Explaination: "x" represents the population of San Francisco, and "y" represents the population from the year before.

City: St. Louis, MO

Population: 311,404 (2016)

Population Growth Rate: -1.1%

Function: f(x) = 311,404 x (1 + -0.011) OR f(x) = y x (1 + -0.011)

Explaination: The population of St. Louis has dropped a lot. In 1970, the city had a population of 618, 306, but 46 years later that number has declined by nearly 50 percent.

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