Is that the whole equation? Exactly from the book or paper?
= a^21b^24c^10
use the product rules for each set of () then multiply them together. when multiplying variables with exponents you just add them together like for a^3 * a^5 = a^8. (a^3 b^12 c^2)^2 = (a^6 b^24 c^4)
The answer is 1.02 according to calculations
This is an exponential growth problem. Exponential growth can be expressed mathematically in the following way:

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Parameter a presents initial amount.
Parameter r is percentage increase.
Parameter t is time.
An equation that would describe given problem is:

t is the time in years.
I attached the graph of this function.
The answer would be that the X=3