Consider the following table that gives the population of City A from Year 1 to Year 6. Complete all parts (a-k) to this question. Part 1: Fill-in the last two columns in the table. List your answers as a - j for the chart and answer the question k below. Round growth rate to the nearest ten-thousandth (4 decimal places). Population of City A, Year 1 to year 6 Year Population (P) Change ΔP{"version":"1.1","math":"∆P"} Growth Rate ΔPP{"version":"1.1","math":"∆PP"} 1 315,422  N/A  N/A 2 320,421  a.  b. 3 321,765  c.  d. 4 322,162  e.  f. 5 331,165  g.   h.  6 331,200  i.   j. Part 2: k. Does it make sense to fit this data with an exponential model? Why or why not?

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Consider the following table that gives the population of City A from Year 1 to Year 6. Complete all parts (a-k) to this question.

Part 1: Fill-in the last two columns in the table. List your answers as a - j for the chart and answer the question k below. Round growth rate to the nearest ten-thousandth (4 decimal places).

Population of City A, Year 1 to year 6

Year Population (P) Change ΔP{"version":"1.1","math":"<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mo>&#x2206;</mo><mi>P</mi></math>"} Growth Rate ΔPP{"version":"1.1","math":"<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mrow><mo>&#x2206;</mo><mi>P</mi></mrow><mi>P</mi></mfrac></math>"}
1 315,422  N/A  N/A
2 320,421  a.  b.
3 321,765  c.  d.
4 322,162  e.  f.
5 331,165  g.   h. 
6 331,200  i.   j.

Part 2: k. Does it make sense to fit this data with an exponential model? Why or why not? 

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