A town's population has been declining in recent years. The table shows the population since 1980. Is this data consistent with an exponential function? Complete the explanation. If so, predict the population for
2010 assuming the trend holds.
Year
1980
Population
5000
1000
1990
2000
200
2010
, so this (select) v consistent with an
The ratio between successive function values is
exponential function.
The predicted population for 2010, assuming the trend holds, is