the number of employees for a certain company had been decreasing each year by 8%. If the company currently has 860 employees and this rate continues, fund the number of employees in 19 years.

approximately 684 employees

Step-by-step explanation:

So this is an exponential equation since there is a dividing decrease, not just subtracting. The standard equation is,

. is initial value (860 employees) and is the change or . The would be the period of time, . This equation would be .

After solving, the equation would become the following: . After subracting the number of lost employees from orginal employees (), we see that the company will have approximately 684 employees left after 19 years.

answer: c, the green line

step-by-step explanation:

there is no black line, eliminate b.

simple interest implies periodic payments, but the red line shows no payments, eliminate d.

simple interest has equal payments. if paid say every day, the graph is about a straight line (actually a stairstep).

the yellow line is not straight, eliminate a.

check: the green line is straight, answer is c.

simple interest with positive interest rate gives a straight line sloping up to the right. green line:

g(t) = $100 + ($200-$100) ÷ (20 years) × (t years)

= $100 + (4%/year) × ($100)(t years)

incidentally, the yellow line curving upward represents continuously compounded interest

y = $100 × 2^(t years / (14 assuming the yellow line hits $200 at 14 years. 2^0 is 1, so y(0) = $100; 2^(14/14) is 2, so y(14) = $200.

answer: 270

step-by-step explanation:

you have to times 200 by 1.35 to get your answer