A town has a population of 16000 and grows at \( 4.5 \% \) every year. What will be the population after 8 years, to the nearest whole number?

Simplify the logarithmic expression: \( \text{\log}_{2}(8) + \text{\log}_{2}(4) \)

The half-life of radium is 1690 years. If 60 grams are present now, how much will be present in 430 years? \( \square \) grams (Do not round until the final answer. Then round to the nearest thousandth as needed.)

Enter the appropriate value to answer the question or 16. Graph the function \( f(x)=\sqrt{x+2}-5 \)

Write expression \( \log \left(\frac{x^{4} y^{17}}{z^{2}}\right) \) as a sum or difference of logarithms with no exponents. Simplify your answer completely. \( \log \left(\frac{x^{4} y^{17}}{z^{2}}\right)=\square \)

determine whether the given quadratic function has a maximum or a minimum value and then find the value. \( y=-x^{2}+6 x-5 \) \( \begin{array}{lll}\text { [A] minimum, } 3 & \text { [B] minimum, } 4 & \text { [C] maximum, } 4\end{array} \quad \) [D] maximum, 3 A \( \begin{array}{ll}\text { B }\end{array} \) \( \begin{array}{l}\text { C }\end{array} \)