B is the correct answer! U have clicked the right thing...
4,000,000 and 20,000,000 miles²
let x be the area of one desert then 5x is the area of the other
sum = x + 5x = 24,000,000
6x = 24,000,000
divide both sides by 6
x = 4,000,000
one desert is 4,000,000 miles²
and the other is (5 × 4,000,000)= 20,000,000 miles²
We have that
y = 2(0.45)^x
in this problem
2-----------> is the Coefficient
0.45-------> is the Base
<span>x-----------> is the Exponent
we know that
</span><span>If
the base is less than 1 (but always greater than 0), the function will be
exponential decay
</span>It is decay because as x values
increase, y values decrease.
<span>0.45 < 1 and 0.45 > 0
therefore
the equation
</span>y = 2(0.45)^x
represents <span>exponential
decay
</span>
the answer is
exponential decay<span>
</span>
