This function represents an exponential growth pattern. In this case, the number of people with the flu doubles every day, which is characteristic of exponential functions where a quantity increases rapidly by a constant factor over equal intervals of time. The general form of an exponential growth function can be expressed as \( P(t) = P_0 \cdot r^t \), where \( P_0 \) is the initial amount, \( r \) is the growth rate (in this case, 2 for doubling), and \( t \) represents time (in days).
The number of people with one type of flu doubled every day for several days
This function represents a(n) ___
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