In 2019 the population of California was 39,523,462 people. In reality our states population has seen periods of rapid growth and decline due to varying economic conditions and other factors. For the sake of this problem lets assume that the population of California grows steadily at a rate of 1.72% per year. a) Write a function that represents the growth of Californias's population since 2019 over a period of "t" years.

b) Use your function to predict what the state's population would be in 2030? (ROUND YOUR ANSWER TO THE NEAREST PERSON)

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