The population of Rock Valley is increasing by 4% each year. The current population is represented by p. The expression 1.04p represents the population next year. Which expression also represents the population of Rock Valley next year?

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step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!

might be the correct answer will be question number 2

y - 25 = 2 ( x - 10 ) should be the answer