Answer:
a) The percent change is 1.32%
b) 9 years
Explanation:
a) In the equation the 1.32 in the parenthesis represents the percent change. The number inside the parenthesis is always the percent change.
b) If you plug 9 into where x is (in these types of equations x is always the number of years) and solve, you get
205(1.32)^9=2494 (rounded)
This is the first year that the number of snowboarders with season passes exceeds 2000.
Year 8 only has 1889 (rounded)