Question

F(x) = 13,800 ∙ 0.92∧x

with x being the number of
decades since 2000.
1. What does the value
f(x) stand for?

2. What is the meaning
of the 0.92?

3. What does the 13,800

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

1. The value f(x) stands for the population of a certain city or region, measured in thousands of people, x decades after 2000, assuming an exponential growth rate of 0.92.

2. The value 0.92 is the exponential growth rate of the population per decade. It means that the population is decreasing by 8% per decade, since 1 - 0.92 = 0.08.

3. The value 13,800 represents the population of the city or region at the beginning of the year 2000, which is the starting point of the exponential growth model.