Question

Thompson High School had a population of 1800 students in 2010. Every year since then, the population has grown by 50 students a year. Write a formula to model this situation if you let 2010 be t = 0.

Answer 1

Let X be the no. of students in 2010,

and, Y be the effective increase in no. of students in the particular year.

Total students in (t) years= X+Y
= X + 50t
= 1800+ 50t