Use the following table, which shows
populations for eight cities to answer the questions.
More data are provided than are required to answer
these questions, so you will need to make some assumptions
to arrive at your prediction. State the assumptions
you are making clearly.
a. Which city seems to have the
greatest growth rate for the period 1980-1990?
Name the city and predict
its population in the year 2000.
b. Which city seems to have had the greatest
decline in population for the period
1980-1990? Name the city and
predict its population in the year 2000.
c. If the population of Denver, Colorado, had
continued to grow at its 1960-1980
rate, what would its 1990 population
have been? What statement can you make
about the rate of population growth
in Denver in the 1980s? In the 1970s?
From your local chamber of commerce, obtain the population
figures for your city for the years 1980, 1990, and
2000. Find the rate of growth for each period. Forecast
the population of your city for the year 2010. Include
charts and graphs. List some factors, such as new zoning
laws, that could change the growth rate of your city.
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