Question

Given the exponential growth equation y = 50(1.6)^x what is the initial value?

Answer 1

Answer:

50 is the initial value

Step-by-step explanation:

The equation is of the form

y = ab^x  where a is the initial value and b is the growth/decay value

 b>1 is growth and b<1 means decay

   y = 50(1.6)^x  

50 is the initial value and 1.6 means growth since it is greater than 1

1.6 -1 = .6 so it has a 60% growth rate