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7. There are two towns, Appleville and Bananaville. Appleville had a population of 3,000
people in the year 2000. Bananaville had a population of 1,000 in the same year.
Appleville's population has increased by 500 each year since. Bananaville's population
increases by 30% each year.
a. Write an equation to represent the population of Appleville, a, in x years after the year
2000.
b. Write an equation to represent the population of Bananaville, b, in x years after the year
2000.
c. What year will the population of Bananaville be larger than the population of Appleville?