Cherry Hill Orchards produced 500 tons of cherries during their first year of business, 2012.  Since then, the cherry harvest continues to increase in production by 5.7% over the previous year. Write an exponential function f(x),that models the tons of cherries produced by Cherry Hill Orchards xyears after 2012. A. f(x)=500(1.057)x B. f(x)=50(1.057)x C. f(x)=500(0.057)x D. f(x)=500(1.57)x

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Cherry Hill Orchards produced 500 tons of cherries during their first year of business, 2012.  Since then, the cherry harvest continues to increase in production by 5.7% over the previous year. Write an exponential function f(x),that models the tons of cherries produced by Cherry Hill Orchards xyears after 2012.

A. f(x)=500(1.057)x

B. f(x)=50(1.057)x

C. f(x)=500(0.057)x

D. f(x)=500(1.57)x

 
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