A doctor estimates that a particular patient is losing bone density at a rate of 3% annually. The patient currently has a bone density of 1,500 kg/mg3. The doctor writes an exponential function to represent the situation. Which values should the doctor use for a and b in a function written in the form f(x) = abx, where f(x) represents the bone density after x years?

a =

b =

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A doctor estimates that a particular patient is losing bone density at a rate of 3% annually. The patient currently has a bone density of 1,500 kg/mg3. The doctor writes an exponential function to represent the situation. Which values should the doctor use for a and b in a function written in the form f(x) = abx, where f(x) represents the bone density after x years?
 
a = 
 
b =

anonymous · Answer

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misty1212 · Answer

to decrease a number by $3\%$ multiply it by $$100\%-3\%=97\%=0.97$$ that is your $b$

misty1212 · Answer

$A$ is the amount you start with

anonymous · Answer

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