A committee studied the populations of two towns at the beginning of each year. The population of town 1 was 18,038 in 2007 and 21,974 in 2010. The population of town 2 was 11,200 in 2007 and 15,735 in 2010. If the populations of both towns grew exponentially, at the beginning of which year were the populations about the same? A. 2015 B. 2016 C. 2017 D. 2018

b. 6

step-by-step explanation:

we are given the table representing an exponential function.

we can see from the table that, as x is increasing, the value of y is increasing in the power of 6.

i.e. the following relation is obtained,

x = 1, y = 6

x = 2, y = 36 =

x = 3, y = 216 =

x = 4, y = 1296 =

x = 5, y = 7776 =

so, the geometric series obtained is .

thus, the common ratio is given by = = 6.

hence, the common ratio is 6.

answer: -0.5 would be the most likley outcome

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