Question

The student population at Oak Mountain High School for a given year can be modeled by the function

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=
550
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P(t)=550(1.12)
t
, where t is the number of years since 1995.
How many students can they expect in 2015? (Hint: Can you have a partial person? Round up)

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

To find the number of students expected in 2015, we need to substitute t=20 into the equation P(t)=550(1.12)^t:

P(20) = 550(1.12)^20

Using a calculator, we can evaluate this expression to find:

P(20) ≈ 550(3.1058) ≈ 1708

Therefore, they can expect approximately 1708 students in 2015.