Question

The number of student athletes at a high school is 475 and is increasing at a rate of 4.8% per year. Use an exponential function to find the number of student athletes after 9 years.

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Answer 1

Explanation:

475 4.8

Answer 2

475 × 1.48^9 or 16182

Explanation:

We start with 475. Then to find the number of students after 1 year we mult 475 by 1.48 (48% + 1 because we're increasing in students). But, to get it after 9 years, we raise that 1.48 to the power of 9 which is equal to 1.48 * 1.48 * 1.48 and so on 9 times. This leads us to our final equation of 475 * 1.48^9 or roughly 16,182