Move words and values into the blanks to complete the interpretation of the exponential function.

Question

Response area with 2 blank spaces
The population of a town is modeled by the exponential function f of x equals 34820 left-parenthesis 0.98 right-parenthesis Superscript x Baseline, where x is the number of years since 2010.
According to the model, the population of the town has been
Blank space 1 empty
by
Blank space 2 empty
percent each year since 2010.

Answer options with 7 options.

Answer 1

To complete the interpretation of the exponential function, you can fill in the blanks as follows:

Blank space 1: decreasing

Blank space 2: 2

So the complete interpretation would read:

"The population of a town is modeled by the exponential function f of x equals 34820 left-parenthesis 0.98 right-parenthesis Superscript x Baseline, where x is the number of years since 2010. According to the model, the population of the town has been decreasing by 2 percent each year since 2010."