Q:

PLEASE HELP Ethan bought a house in Madison, Wisconsin in 2003. The value of the house, in dollars, t years after 2003, can be calculated using the expression below.

Accepted Solution

A:
The exponent function should look like a=b(c)^n where
a= the amount after n time
b= initial amount
c= increase/decrease ratio
n= time
Then for an= 445,000(1.02)^12t the answer would be

The quantity that represents the initial value of the house is 445,000
The quantity that represents the rate at which the value of the house increasing is 1.02, which means the growth rate of the house is 2%
The quantity that represents the number of times the value of the house increase each year is 12