d) Suppose you are provided the following data by census department of Peshawar city for following...

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d) Suppose you are provided the following data by census department of Peshawar city for following years: Year 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Population 650,000 780,000 950,000 1,200,000 225,000 Being a demographer you were asked to forecast the population for year 2040. How will you ascertain that the population is growing Arithmetically or Geometrically or in other words it is an arithmetic or Geometric growth. Discuss the method you used and answer the question with full justification. [2.5] d) Suppose you are provided the following data by census department of Peshawar city for following years: Year 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Population 650,000 780,000 950,000 1,200,000 225,000 Being a demographer you were asked to forecast the population for year 2040. How will you ascertain that the population is growing Arithmetically or Geometrically or in other words it is an arithmetic or Geometric growth. Discuss the method you used and answer the question with full justification. [2.5]