Question

Part a:Cell phone usage grew about 23% each year from 2010 to 2016. If cell phone usage in 2010 was 43 million, write a function f(x) to model U.S. cell phone usage over that time period, where x is the number of years since 2010.

Part b estimate the cell phone usage in 2013.round to the nearest ten thousand.

Answer 1

The function f(x) to model U. S. cell phone usage over the time period of 2010 to 2016 can be expressed as f(x) = 43 * (1.23^x), where x is the number of years since 2010. Part b: The estimated cell phone usage in 2013 can be calculated by substituting x = 3 into the function f(x) = 43 * (1.23^x). This yields an estimated cell phone usage of 68.4 million in 2013, which can be rounded to the nearest ten thousand to 68 million.

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