Answer:
17c + 9 = 10c + 9 - 7c
COMBINE LIKE TERMS
10c + 7c = 17c
9 IS NOT A LIKE TERM, SO WE LEAVE IT ALONE
We have that if we assume standard exponential growth, the equation of the population will be:

if we start counting from the moment that the population was 7000. We are given that 7000*

=12000, namely that P(5)=12000 and we need to find

. Since e^(10k)=e^(5k)*e^(5k), and since we can solve for e^(5k) from P(5), we have:
e^(5k)=12000/7000 and we can calculate P(10). P(10)=7000

= 20571 people.
-5i/2i. is the answer because all you have to do is add the -5 and the i.