Given:
The formula for total cost is

where, p is the price of item and s is the sales tax rate (as a percent).
You pay $14.77 for an item priced at $14.
To find:
The the tax rate.
Solution:
You pay $14.77 for an item priced at $14. So,
Total cost (T) = $14.77
Price of item (p) = $14
Putting T=14.77 and p=14 in given formula, we get



Multiply both sides by 100.

Divide both sides by 14.


Therefore, the tax rate is 5.5%.
For this case we have that by definition, the equation of the line in the slope-intersection form is given by:

Where:
m: It is the slope of the line
b: It is the cut-off point with the y axis
We have the following points through which the line passes:

We find the slope of the line:

Thus, the equation of the line is of the form:

We substitute one of the points and find b:

Finally, the equation is:

Answer:

The formula is
A=pe^rt
A ?
P 3,278,000
E constant, it equals 2.7
R 0.003
T 2,021−2,015=6 years
A=3,278,000×e^(0.003×6)
A=3,337,538