Question

The population of a town after t years is represented by the function (t)=7248(0.983)^t. What does the value 0.983 represent in this situation

Answer 1

Constant

Explanation:

What is an exponential function?

An exponential function is a function with the general form y = abx, a ≠ 0, b is a positive real number and b ≠ 1. In an exponential function, the base b is a constant. The exponent x is the independent variable where the domain is the set of real numbers.

In this case, y=ab^x

where 0.983 is in our b term, which gives the meaning that number is our constant in this exponential function.