Question

when planning road development, the road commission estimates the future population using the function represented in the table, where x is the time in years and f(x) is the total population. what is the significance of 160,000 in the function? the maximum population of the city the expected population in 5 years the initial population at the time of the estimation the amount of increase in the population in 5 years

Explanation:

In the table, when \(x = 0\) (the starting - point of the time for estimation), \(f(x)=160,000\). So it represents the initial population at the time of the estimation.

Answer:

the initial population at the time of the estimation