Answer: D
The reason I say d is because the positive 3 is where the 9 is at on the y-axis
Answer:
$3 max
Step-by-step explanation:
Charge= b, Customer= c, Revenue= r
r= bc, currently, r= 16*10= $160
We know that: b+1 ⇒ c-2 and the target is r ≥ 130
So, this will all be reflected as:
b=10+x ⇒ c= 16-2x
- (10+x)(16-2x) ≥ 130
- 160 -20x +16x - 2x² ≥ 130
- -2x² - 4x + 30 ≥ 0
- x² + 2x -15 ≤ 0
- (x+1)² ≤ 4²
- x+1 ≤ 4 (negative value not considered)
- x ≤ 3
As we see the max increase amount is $3, when the revenue will be:
(10+3)*(16-3*2)= 13*10= $130
The option are missing in the question. The options are :
A. P = 2, a = 1
B. 
C. 
D. P = 2, a = 3
Solution :
The given function is 
So for the function to be an exponential growth, a should be a positive number and should be larger than 1. If it less than 1 or a fraction, then it is a decay. If the value of a is negative, then it would be between positive and negative alternately.
When the four option being substituted in the function, we get
A). It is a constant function since 
B). Here, the value of a is a fraction which is less than 1, so it is a decay function. 
C). It is a constant function since the value of a is 1.
D). Here a = 3. So substituting, as the value of x increases by 1, the value of the function, f(x) increases by 3 times.

Therefore, option (D). represents an exponential function.