Question

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The following table shows the expressions that represent the sales of 4 companies:
(Company A) :170(1.04)^x
(Company B): 330(1.80)^x
(Company C): 250(0.06)^x
(Company D): 120(1.09)^x

Answer 1

Rank the company sales by smallest to largest percent of increase and select the correct answer below.
A, B, C, D
A, C, B, D
D, A, C, B
C, A, D, B

Answer 2

Each of those companies have the same sales exponential form...

Sales = (Starting amount) *(Factor)^(Time)

Answer 3

So each time x increases by 1, the amount of sales is multiplies by what is in the parenthesis...

Answer 4

Its D, correct?

Answer 5

*Is NOT it's

Answer 6

You rank them from smalles to larges term in ( ) , that is the number the sales are multiplied by each increase in x(time)

Answer 7

because following the F(x)=p(1+r)^x

Answer 8

right, the percent increase is determined by the (1+r) number... the current sales, p, is multiplied by that number for each increase in X

Answer 9

okay... Maybe C?

Answer 10

Company C actually decreases, because the number is less than 1 0.06

Answer 11

I meant the number/answer choice... B being the highest, I meant I chose answer D...

Answer 12

@DanJS

Answer 13

right

Answer 14

the percents are just 100 times those values, 1.09 = 109% of the previous value

Answer 15

So answer D is correct?

Answer 16

@DanJS

Answer 17

yes