n 2017, the residents of eugene were producing greenhouse gas emissions at an average rate of 16 tons of co2 per resident per year, and that the amount was decreasing at an instantaneous rate of .22 tons per year. however the population of euegene was 170,000 and growing at a rate of 2,000 people per year. at what instantaneous rate was the total greenhouse gas emissions in eugene growing in 2017 ?

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in 2017, the residents of eugene were producing greenhouse gas emissions at an average rate of 16 tons of co2 per resident per year, and that the amount was decreasing at an instantaneous rate of .22 tons per year. however the population of euegene was 170,000 and growing at a rate of 2,000 people per year. at what instantaneous rate was the total greenhouse gas emissions in eugene growing in 2017 ? 

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