The population of a town is 2100 and increasing at a rate of 1.3% per year, while the number of cats in the town is currently 10

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The population of a town is 2100 and increasing at a rate of 1.3% per year, while the number of cats in the town is currently 10

00 and increasing at a rate of 8% per year. Assuming this trend continues, estimate when the cat population will exceed the human population in this town.

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stich3 [128] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-29T13:21:40+03:00

stich3 [128]3 years ago

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Answer:

when # cats exceeds 2,313

Step-by-step explanation:

if you graph y = .013x + 2100 and y = .08 + 1000 you will see the lines intersect when the town population is 16,418 and the number of cats equals 2,313.