When the town of Manning first started its voluntary recycling program, 2500 of the town's residence participated. The town pred
icts that the number of people participating in the recycling program will increase by 5% each year. Which explicit rule can be used to determine the number of people participating in the program in the fifth year?
This is an example of an exponential equation. They are in the form of y=ab^x, where a is the starting value, b is the rate and x is the number of years.
Our data starts at 2500 and increases by 5%, or 100% + 5% = 1.05.
If you put them together, you have the equation y = 2500(1.05)^x, Choice D.
A discrete function is a function with distinct and separate values. This means that the values of the functions are not connected with each other (this will be shown as a bunch of points that are not connected together).
