Please help me with both problems thank you so much!!

Do some research and find a city that has experienced population growth. determine its population on january 1st of a certain year. write an exponential function to represent the city’s population, y, based on the number of years that pass, x after a period of exponential growth. describe the variables and numbers that you used in your equation.

Prove that (x-2)is factor of p (x)=2x³-3x²-17x+30

The coordinates of vortex a’ are (8,4) (-4,2) (4,-,4) the coordinates of vortex b’ are (6,6)(12,-,12)(12,12) the coordinates of vortex c’ are(-2,,12)(4,12)(12,-4)