Suppose that the sales at Borders bookstores went from 6868 million dollars in 1992 to 402 million dollars in 1994. Find an exponential function to model the sales (in millions of dollars) as a function of years, tt, since 1992. sales = What is the continuous percent growth rate, per year, of sales? continuous growth rate =

Suppose that the sales at Borders bookstores went from 6868 million dollars in 1992 to 402 million dollars in 1994. Find an exponential function to model the sales (in millions of dollars) as a function of years, tt, since 1992. sales = What is the continuous percent growth rate, per year, of sales? continuous growth rate =

College Algebra

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168383

Author:Jay Abramson

Publisher:Jay Abramson

Chapter6: Exponential And Logarithmic Functions

Section6.1: Exponential Functions

Problem 1SE: Explain why the values of an increasing exponentialfunction will eventually overtake the valuesof...

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