document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=831312>Question 831312</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Help please? I can't figure out how to write this. I keep doing it wrong.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The table below shows the total population of a species of bird at the Bronx Zoo. What exponential function best represents this species' population growth?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Year    Population<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1           22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2           25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3           38<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4           41<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5           52\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x)= ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks in advance!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-Mickey </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #501272 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=501272\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Those data points will not work as an exponential function.  Slope between successive data point pairs do not keep a steady trend either increasing or decreasing.  Would your example be a function COMPOSED of an exponential function?  Or is f(x) supposed to be itself THE exponential function? </SPAN>\n" );
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