Question

In 2005, Capital City determined its population could be expressed by the function P(x) = -.05x + 53,708 where x is the number of years. Which of the following statements is true?
Question 14 options:

A. The city's population was 53,703 in 2005


B. The city's population was 53,813 in 2011


C. The city's population is increasing at a rate of .05 each year


D. The city's population is decreasing at a rate of .05 each year

Answer 1

Hi !

The answer would be : D. The city's population is decreasing at a rate of .05 each year

The function : $P(x) = -0.05x + 53,708$   express a population decreasing of 5% each year.