Use the distributive property to factor outy.
sy-34 4 12
The nen expression becomes
B4512
-24512
• 24 +12

Do some research and find a city that has experienced population growth. determine its population on january 1st of a certain year. write an exponential function to represent the city’s population, y, based on the number of years that pass, x after a period of exponential growth. describe the variables and numbers that you used in your equation.