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Mark raises guppies in an aquarium. He finds out that guppies reproduce very rapidly, and the number quadruples every month. He starts out with only 2 guppies, and the function y equals 2 times 4 to the x models the number of guppies he will have after x months. Which graph represents this function?

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For this case what we should know is that the function that best adapts to this problem is given by:
y = 2 * (4) ^ x
The graph of the function is shown for two different intervals:
A small interval of -1.5 to 0.5
A larger interval of -6.5 to 6.5.
In both intervals the exponential growth of the function is demonstrated.
Answer:
See attached image.
Mark raises guppies in an aquarium. He finds out that guppies reproduce very rapidly-example-1
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