The Population in small town was 45,230 people and is growing exponentially at a rate of 2 percent. Which of the following equations defines the population t years after 2010?

a

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the answer is a

my answer got deleted but it's a

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or

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!