Question a-comp

2.1 Nonlinear Functions - Exponential growth and decay functions
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A company has a newsletter. In January 2018, there were 1,300 customers subscribed to the newsletter. For the next 24 months after January 2018, the total number of customers subscribed to the newsletter each month was 7% greater than the total number subscribed the previous month. Which equation gives the total number of customers, c , subscribed to the company's newsletter m months after January 2018, where m24?

A.

c=1,3000.07m

B.

c=1,3001.07m

C.

c=1,3001.7m

D.

c=1,3007m

A company has a newsletter. In January 2018 , there were 1,300 customers subscribed to the

Hard-difficulty · SAT Math · Nonlinear Functions — Exponential growth and decay functions. Read the question above, select your answer, and check the full explanation below to understand exactly why the correct choice works.

Answer explanation

Choice B is correct. It's given that in January 2018, there were 1,300 customers subscribed to a company's newsletter and for the next 24 months after January 2018, the total number of customers subscribed to the newsletter each month was 7% greater than the total number subscribed the previous month. It follows that this situation can be represented by the equation c=a1+r100m, where c is the total number of customers subscribed to the company's newsletter m months after January 2018, a is the number of customers subscribed to the newsletter in January 2018, and the total number of customers subscribed to the newsletter each month was r% greater than the total number subscribed the previous month. Substituting 1,300 for a and 7 for r in this equation yields c=1,3001+7100m, or c=1,3001.07m.

Choice A is incorrect. This equation represents a situation where the total number of customers subscribed each month was 93% less, not 7% greater, than the total number subscribed the previous month.

Choice C is incorrect. This equation represents a situation where the total number of customers subscribed each month was 70%, not 7%, greater than the total number subscribed the previous month.

Choice D is incorrect. This equation represents a situation where the total number of customers subscribed each month was 600%, not 7%, greater than the total number subscribed the previous month.