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Perfect Population Projections Inc. (PPP) has entered into a contract with the city of Popular, Pennsylvania, to project the future population of the city. Popular has become a popular place in recent years as indicated by the following data:

	Total	Total	Basic	Nonbasic
Year	Population	Employment	Employment	Employment
2005	50,000	25,000	6,250	18,750
2006	53,000	26,500	6,625	19,875
2007	57,000	28,500	7,125	21,375
2008	65,000	32,500	8,125	24,375
2009	70,000	35,000	8,750	26,250
2010	?	?	9,000*	?

*Estimated from surveys

The contract states that PPP must project Popular's population for the year 2005 using both a simple linear method and an economic base analysis. The ratio of population to total employment is 2.0833.

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