Which of the following accurately illustrates the verbal phrase: forty-two is the product of a number and fourteen?
a. 42 = x ÷ 14
b.
42 = x • 14
c.
42 = x – 14
d.
42 = x + 14

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.