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The population of a school is 800 students and is increasing at a rate of 2% per year. Use an exponential function to find the population of the school after 9 years.

Round to the nearest whole number.

Annual sales for a fast food restaurant are $650,000 and are increasing at a rate of 4% per year. Use an exponential function to find the annual sales after 7 years.

Round to two decimal places (like dollars and cents).

The population of a town is 2500 and is decreasing at a rate of 3.5% per year. Use an exponential function to find the population of the town after 5 years.

Round to the nearest whole number (you can't have a fraction of a person).

Kathy plans to purchase a car that depreciates at a rate of 12% per year. The initial value of the car is $21,000. Use an exponential function to find the value of the car after 3 years.

Round your answer to 2 decimal places.

During a certain period of time, about 70 northern sea otters had an annual growth of 18%. Use an exponential function to find the number of sea otters after 4 years.

Round to the nearest whole number.

A population of fish starts at 8,000 and decreases by 6% per year. Use an exponential function to find the population of fish in 10 years.

Round to the nearest whole number.

Twenty years ago, Mr. Davis purchased his home for $160,000. Since then, the value of the home has increased about 5% per year. Use an exponential function to find the value of the home today.

Round to two decimal places (like money).

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