Suppose the expression a(b)n models the approximate number of customers who entered a bakery everyday since it opened. in this expression, a is the initial number of customers, b is the rate of increase in customers everyday , and n is the number of days since the backers opened. the expression shown models the approximate number of customers that have entered the bakery every day since it opened. 14(1.2)^10 what does the first factor represent for someone trying to analyze the customers patterns of the bakery?