Given:
In 2010 the population was 5800.
2012 the population had dropped to 4,600.
Let 't=0' be the year 2010.
P(t) represents the year population of the town t years after 2010.
Slope of a function P(t) is
[tex]\begin{gathered} m=\frac{4600-5800}{2012-2010} \\ m=-600 \end{gathered}[/tex]Population of town t years after 2010.
[tex]P(t)=-600(t)+5800[/tex]Population in the year 2016 that is t=6
[tex]\begin{gathered} P(6)=-600(6)+5800 \\ =2200 \end{gathered}[/tex]Population in the year 2016 is 2200
