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put this solution on YOUR website!If sales of ipods increase by 15% each week and the store plans to sell 100 ipods the first week (which the store calls the first week 0 weeks) how many ipods will it sell by the end of the 4th week. Find the equation to this problem
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Let x = no. of weeks
f(x) = no. sold
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f(x) = 100*1.15^x
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In this problem, x = 4:
f(x) = 100 * 1.15^4
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Find 1.15^4 on a calc
f(x) = 100 * 1.479
f(x) ~ 148 by the end of the 4th week
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You can see in week 0; 100 * 1.15^0 = 100 * 1
and in week one: 100 * 1.15^1 = 115 units as you would expect
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