Situation 5: Janice started a new trend when she started making earrings out of rubber bands. The first week, 12 girls at her school owned a pair of the rubber band earrings. After the first week, if the number of girls owning these earrings increases at a rate of 2.5% each week, which function can be used to determine the number of girls, G, who own rubber band earrings after w weeks? 12w A G= 12(1.025)" B G = 1.025" + 1C G=12(2.5)" D G= (.025)2a %3D

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Situation 5: Janice started a new trend when she started making earrings out of rubber
bands. The first week, 12 girls at her school owned a pair of the rubber band earrings.
After the first week, if the number of girls owning these earrings increases at a rate of 2.5%
each week, which function can be used to determine the number of girls, G, who own rubber
band earrings after w weeks?
12w
A G= 12(1.025)" B
G = 1.025" +1 C
G = 12(2.5)"
D G= (.025)
%3D
%3D
Transcribed Image Text:Situation 5: Janice started a new trend when she started making earrings out of rubber bands. The first week, 12 girls at her school owned a pair of the rubber band earrings. After the first week, if the number of girls owning these earrings increases at a rate of 2.5% each week, which function can be used to determine the number of girls, G, who own rubber band earrings after w weeks? 12w A G= 12(1.025)" B G = 1.025" +1 C G = 12(2.5)" D G= (.025) %3D %3D
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