The population in the year 2023 is 120,780.
The growth is linear hence, the equation of the growth is
y=ax+b where b represents the initial population and a is the number of people growing yearly.
So, according to the question statement, we have that
y=280x+b where x is the number of years past and y is the population in the xth year.
According to the given problem population in 2022 will be 120,500.
Suppose that the initial population is taken at 2000.
Hence, 120,500=280×(2022-2000)+b
⇒b=120,500-280×22
⇒b=120,500-6,160
=114,340
So, the Linear equation becomes
y=280x+114,340
⇒y=280×(2023-2000)+114,340
⇒y=120,780
Hence, the population in the year 2023 is 120,780.
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