The population of a suburb of Sacramento has shown a linear growth in the years 1996-2008. The population in 1996 was 41300 people and it has been growing at a rate of 495 people per year. A) Write a linear equation expressing the population of the town, P, as a function of t, the number of years since 1996. Answer: B) If the town is still experiencing a linear increase, what will the population be in 2011