In 2019 the population of California was 39,523,462 people. In reality our states population has seen periods of rapid growth and decline due to varying economic conditions and other factors. For the sake of this problem lets assume that the population of California grows steadily at a rate of 1.72% per year. a) Write a function that represents the growth of Californias's population since 2019 over a period of "t" years.

b) Use your function to predict what the state's population would be in 2030? (ROUND YOUR ANSWER TO THE NEAREST PERSON)

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If your score on your next statistics test is converted to a z score, which of these z scores would you prefer: minus2.00, minus1.00, 0, 1.00, 2.00? why? a. the z score of 2.00 is most preferable because it is 2.00 standard deviations above the mean and would correspond to the highest of the five different possible test scores. b. the z score of 0 is most preferable because it corresponds to a test score equal to the mean. c. the z score of minus2.00 is most preferable because it is 2.00 standard deviations below the mean and would correspond to the highest of the five different possible test scores. d. the z score of minus1.00 is most preferable because it is 1.00 standard deviation below the mean and would correspond to an above average