the current population of Dallas, Texas is about 1,260,000 people. The function given below gives the predicted population of Dallas in t years. f(t)=1,260,000(1.12)t About what will the population of Dallas be in five years?

Me with this assignment ! i only partially understand, so explain. also it's a work sample. at the championship bike race, steve and paula were fighting for first place. steve was 175 feet ahead of paula and had only 300 feet left to go. he was very tired and was going only 9 feet per second. paula was desperate to catch up and was going 15 feet per second. who won the bike race and by how far did she/he win?