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Suppose that the number of cars, C, on 1st Avenue in a city over a period of time t, in months, is graphed on a rectangular coordinate system where time is on the horizontal axis. Further suppose that the number of cars driven on 1st Avenue can be modeled by an exponential function, C = p * a t (C=p*a^t) where p is the number of cars on the road on the first day recorded and t is the number of days.

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The solution discusses exponential functions.

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The exponential function is C(t) = p * a^t

We would rather have the value of a lie between 0 and 1, because if the value of a is greater than 1, then since t is ≥ 0,

the value of C(t) will ...

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