The mayor of Brookmarsh is running a campaign to revitalize his city. Currently, the population of Brookmarsh is $10{,}000$ and is increasing at a rate of $2\%$ per year. The mayor predicts that the population will continue to grow in this manner, and that in $t$ years, the population will be at least $15{,}000$.
**Write an inequality in terms of $t$ that models the situation.**
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