Problema Solution
A councilwoman conducts a study and finds the population of her city can be estimated by the equation p=x^2-3x+2, where p is thousands of people and x is the number of years after 2000. In what year did the city have a population of 6000?
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we replace 'p' with '6000' and solve for 'x'
6000 = x^2 - 3x + 2
solving for 'x' we have a positive value of x=78.96
2000 + 79 = 2079
in the year 2079 the city population would have reached 6000