Answer:
The equation is (i guess):
300*y = 23*t -41,180
This is a linear equation, where y represents the population, and t represents time (in years)
Now, to find the gradient, we must derive the function y with respect to the time.
then we can write:
y = (23/300)*t - (41,180)/300.
now, remember that when we have:
y = a*x^n
we also have:
dy/dx = n*a*x^(n-1)
then in this case, we have:
dy/dt = (23/300) + 0
now we pass aain the 300 to the right:
300*dy/dt = 23.
d(300*y)/dt = 23
what does this mean?
Thie mean that for each unit of that t increases, we have an increase of 23 units in 300*y.