The answer would be 55,500.
Take a look at the function: y = 60,000 - 500x.
- 500 (x) indicates that by each year the population of the town will decrease by a total of 500 residents.
So after 9 years, 4,500 residents should no longer be residing there.
To figure this out,
Multiply 9 and 500, which as a result you should get 4,500.
Then subtract 4,500 from 60,000.
The ending result would be 55,500.
Answer:
The population of the town after 9 years would be 55,000 residents.
Hope this helped,
- ROR
