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Which of the contexts below represents exponential growth?

The amount of a certain medication in a person's bloodstream decreases by
every hour.
Snow was falling at a rate of 1.75 inches per hour.
A population of 200 bacteria quintuples every week.
A car depreciates at a rate of 5.3% per year.

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Answer:

I believe it would be "A population of 200 bacteria quintuples every week"

Explanation:

If it is quintupling each week then the number is getting larger and larger exponentially.