Question

The total attendance at a contemporary art museum is modeled by the function f(x)=13,221(1.049)x. If the initial total attendance (that is, the total attendance when x=0) was measured January 1, 2013, what was the initial total attendance?

Answer 1

Given:

`13,221*1.049^x`

If x = 0; then:

`\begin{gathered} 13,221*1.049^0\text{ =} \\ 13,221*1\text{ =} \\ 13,221 \end{gathered}`

The initial total attendance was 13,221.