Initially, a population is 500, and it grows by 2% each year. Explain why the population is an exponential function of time.

Find a formula for the population at any time. (Let t represent time in years and P represent the population size.)

Determine the population size after 5 years. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

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The decibel level of sound is 50 db greater on a busy street than in a quiet room where the intensity of sound is watt/m2. the level of sound in the quiet room is db, and the intensity of sound in the busy street is watt/m2. use the formula , where is the sound level in decibels, i is the intensity of sound, and is the smallest sound intensity that can be heard by the human ear (roughly equal to watts/m2).

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Four congruent circular holes with a diameter of 2 in. were punches out of a piece of paper. what is the area of the paper that is left ? use 3.14 for pi