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There is estimated to be a population of approximately 85 mice on Farmer Jon's Farm, and the population is tripling each year. Does the scenario above represent exponential growth or decay? write an equation to represent the scenario.​

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Answer:

Exponential growth

Explanation:

As it mentions that the population is tripling each year, we can clearly understand that it is exponential growth.

Equation

⇒ Let y be total population of mice and x the number of years

y = 85(3ˣ)

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