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Question

The graph shown models the number of residents of a certain city $x$ years after $2010$ . How many residents does this model estimate the city had in $2010$ ?

Accepted Answer

Choice C is correct. It's given that x represents years after 2010 . Therefore, 2010 is represented by x = 0 . On the model shown, the point with an x -coordinate of 0 has a y -coordinate of 20,000 . Thus, the model estimates that in 2010 , the city had 20,000 residents. Choice A is incorrect. This is the value of x that represents the year 2010 . Choice B is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors. Choice D is incorrect. This is approximately the number of residents the model estimates the city had in 2014 , not 2010 .

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