Write the exponential growth function to model the following situation: A population of 422, 000 increases by 12% each year.     At t = 0 there are 50 grams of a radioactive isotope. The isotope has a half-life of 16 minutes. Use the exponential decay model to write the amount A as a function

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Chapter6: Exponential And Logarithmic Functions
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Write the exponential growth function to model the following situation:
A population of 422, 000 increases by 12% each year. 

 


 At t = 0 there are 50 grams of a radioactive isotope. The isotope has a half-life of 16 minutes. Use the exponential decay model to write the amount A as a function of time t.

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