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View History Bookmarks People Window Help ? Nutrition-Google × ?Final Study Guide wileyPlus. Mathes)dwileyPLUS WileyPLUSs xe x x tps://edugen.wileyplus.com/edugen/student/mainfr.uni our bookmarks here on the bookmarks bar. Import bookmarks now.. nt MESSAGE MY INSTRUCTOR Chapter 5, Section 5.2, Question 012 Write the exponential function y = 50(1.73), in the form y = a Find k accurate to four decimal places. Click here to enter or edit your answer If t is measured in years, give the annual percent growth rate and the continuous percent growth rate per year Round your answers for the percent growth rates to two decimal places The annual percent growth rate is The continuous percent growth rate is % per year. % per year. Click if you would like to Show Work for this question: Open Show Work tesyaglist.unitid asnInc All Rights Reserved. A Division of 3ohn Wiley A Sons Inc 80 3 4 5 6

Explanation / Answer

y = 50 ( 1.73)^t

1.73^t = e^kt

taking natural log on both sides

t ln (1.73) = kt ln e

k = ln (1.73)

k = 0.5481

y = 50 e^0.5481t

annual percentage growth rate = 73%

continuous percent growth rate = 54.81%