Calculus: Early Transcendentals
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Author: James Stewart
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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**Population Growth Analysis in Ada County, Idaho**

The population of Ada County, Idaho, has been steadily increasing for more than 20 years. The table below shows the population (in people) from 2015 through 2019 in Ada County.

| **Year** | **2015** | **2016** | **2017** | **2018** | **2019** |
|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| **Population** | 432,862 | 444,486 | 456,548 | 468,764 | 481,587 |

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**a. What is the average rate of change in the population of Ada County from 2015 to 2018? Round to the nearest whole person and include units.**  
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**b. What is the average rate of change in the population of Ada County from 2016 to 2018? Round to the nearest whole person and include units.**  
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**c. What is the average rate of change in the population of Ada County from 2017 to 2018? Round to the nearest whole person and include units.**  
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**d. What is the average rate of change in the population of Ada County from 2018 to 2019? Round to the nearest whole person and include units.**  
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**e. Give a good approximation for the rate at which the population of Ada County is growing by the end of 2018? Round to the nearest whole person and include units.**  
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Transcribed Image Text:**Population Growth Analysis in Ada County, Idaho** The population of Ada County, Idaho, has been steadily increasing for more than 20 years. The table below shows the population (in people) from 2015 through 2019 in Ada County. | **Year** | **2015** | **2016** | **2017** | **2018** | **2019** | |----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| | **Population** | 432,862 | 444,486 | 456,548 | 468,764 | 481,587 | ### Questions: **a. What is the average rate of change in the population of Ada County from 2015 to 2018? Round to the nearest whole person and include units.** [Answer Box] **b. What is the average rate of change in the population of Ada County from 2016 to 2018? Round to the nearest whole person and include units.** [Answer Box] **c. What is the average rate of change in the population of Ada County from 2017 to 2018? Round to the nearest whole person and include units.** [Answer Box] **d. What is the average rate of change in the population of Ada County from 2018 to 2019? Round to the nearest whole person and include units.** [Answer Box] **e. Give a good approximation for the rate at which the population of Ada County is growing by the end of 2018? Round to the nearest whole person and include units.** [Answer Box]
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