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anonymous · Answer

The table below shows the functions to represent the sale f(t), in thousands, of four companies in t years:



Company A B C D 
Sale f(t) = 1.05t f(t) = 0.75t f(t) = 1.212t f(t) = 0.9712t 


Which of the following companies showed an exponential growth in sale? 
 Company A and Company C 

 Company B and Company D 

 Company C and Company D 

 Company A and Company B

anonymous · Answer

I think its either b or d but im not so sureeee

geerky42 · Answer

You know how exponent works, right?

So in order for it to grow, base need to be greater than 1. Make sense? if you repeatedly multiply number, bigger than 1, by itself, it will grow bigger and bigger.

anonymous · Answer

oh so its specifically not b and d lol I don't really qualify for this question

geerky42 · Answer

yup, so it's A and D that grow

What I explained, do that makes sense?

geerky42 · Answer

Doh

A and C*

anonymous · Answer

Thank You!