The slope for the question is -1.5
Answer:

We divide both sides by 100000 and we got:

Now we can apply natural logs on both sides;

And then the value of t would be:

And rounded to the nearest tenth would be 9.2 years.
Step-by-step explanation:
For this case since we know that the interest is compounded continuously, then we can use the following formula:

Where A is the future value, P the present value , r the rate of interest in fraction and t the number of years.
For this case we know that P = 100000 and r =0.12 we want to triplicate this amount and that means
and we want to find the value for t.

We divide both sides by 100000 and we got:

Now we can apply natural logs on both sides;

And then the value of t would be:

And rounded to the nearest tenth would be 9.2 years.
Easy way is to look at the term with the highest exponent. The exponent determines the number of roots. Some might be double roots. THough not all of then will be real. The imaganry ones come in pairs
Examples:
x^4 - 4 roots
x^7 - 7 roots
x^3 - 3 roots
Answer: 7.2 months
Step-by-step explanation:
Hi, to answer this question we have to substitute f(x) =500 in the equation given:
f(x) = 100(1.25)^x
500= 100(1.25)^x
Solving for x (number of months)
500/100 = 1.25^x
5 = 1.25^x
log 5 =log 1.25^x
log 5 =x (log 1.25)
log 5 /log 1.25 =x
x = 7.2 months
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