Answer:
The exponential growth model for the population of the Tallahassee metropolitan area is .
Step-by-step explanation:
The exponential formula is
Where b is initial population, r is growth rate, (1+r) is growth factor and t is time (in years) after the initial year.
The population of the Tallahassee metropolitan area was 382,627 at the end of 2017. The growth rate is 2.78%.
Here the initial year is 2017 and rate is 0.0278
Graph of the equation is shown below. The x-axis represents the number of years after 2017 and y-axis represents the total population.
Difference between 2025 and 2017 is 8 years. Put t=8
Therefore the projected population in 2025 is 476479.
