The population of a small town can be modeled by the function , where is the population years after the year 2000. Which statement best describes the meaning of the -intercept of the graph of in the -plane?
The population decreases by 250 people each year.
The population was 15,000 people in the year 2000.
The town will have no population after 60 years.
The population decreases by 15,000 people each year.
