SOLUTION: Compare the two functions described below. Function 1: Originally there were 40 people living at Schondel City. The city’s population is growing and the amount of people living

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Question 1083980: Compare the two functions described below.
Function 1: Originally there were 40 people living at Schondel City. The city’s population is growing and the amount of people living in the city triples daily!
Function 2: y = 15 • 0.8^x
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Function 1 is modeled by the equation:
y+=+40+%2B+3x where x is the number of days and y is the city's population or amount of people living in the city
This is a linear equation because all of the terms have exponent 1.
Function 2 is a non-linear equation. Specifically, it is an example of an exponential equation because its variable x is found in the exponent.