Verifying work: number of books increases according to B=...

[charlesjoy]

Good morning. can you verify my work?
0.05t
The number of books in a small library increases according to the function B=5900e where "t" is measured in years. How many books will the libray have after two years?

Do multiply 0.05 by 2 and then get 5900 to that power to find my answer?

 

[Deleted member 4993]

Re: Verifying work

Good morning. can you verify my work?
0.05t
The number of books in a small library increases according to the function B=5900e where "t" is measured in years. How many books will the libray have after two years?

Do multiply 0.05 by 2 and then get 5900 to that power to find my answer? .........No - what happened to 'e' in your equation?

multiply 0.05 by 2 and then get 'e' to that power - finally multiply the result by 5900

 

[fasteddie65]

Good morning. can you verify my work?
0.05t
The number of books in a small library increases according to the function B=5900e where "t" is measured in years. How many books will the libray have after two years?

Do multiply 0.05 by 2 and then get 5900 to that power to find my answer?

I think you mean B = 5900e^(0.05t). It's hard to read when it is written on two different lines.

Simply let t = 2, as you said. 0.05(2) = 0.1, of course.

Now, raise e to the 0.1 power, and multiply the result by 5900.