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The number of cell phone subscribers has been growing exponentially for some time. According to Information Please Almanac, there were
a. Develop the exponential model that represents the nations cellular phone subscriptions.
b. Use the model to predict the number of subscriptions in
c. Use the model to predict the number of subscriptions in
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