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You can model the population of a certain city between 1955-2000 by the radical function p(x)=55,000 sqrt x-1945. using this model, in which year was the population of that city 220,000

Iam so stuck. what is the worked out answer for this question?

What is the missing statement in step 4? ? rts ? ? vtu and ? rtu ? ? vts ? rts ? ? rvs and ? rtu ? ? stv ? vrs ? ? vru and ? usr ? ? usv ? vur ? ? vus and ? uvs ? ? sru