Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
From the table given in the question,
x y Difference Ratio
1 12 - -
2 36 36-12 = 24 
3 108 108-36 = 72 
4 324 324-108 = 216 
5 972 972-324 = 648 
There is a common ratio of 3 in each successive term.
Therefore, data given in the table will represent an exponential function.

For a point 

------(1)
For another point of the table
,

--------(2)
Equation (2) divided by equation (1)


From equation (1),


Therefore, exponential function will be,

If you take the amount of green markers and divide them by the total, you come up with 0.21
If you do likewise with the others, you respectively come up with 0.47 and 0.32.
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