Suppose a company's revenue increased by 12.3% over the previous year. assuming this trend continues, which expression could the company use to approximate the percent increase in revenue through a certain number of months, m?

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Answer:

The required expression would be [tex](1.0097)^m[/tex]

Explanation:

Let [tex]R_0[/tex] be the initial revenue,

Since, the company's revenue increased by 12.3% over the previous year,

So, the company's revenue after m months

[tex]R = R_0 ( 1 +\frac{12.3}{100})^\frac{m}{12}[/tex]

(∵ 1 year = 12 months)

⇒ [tex]R = R_0 ( 1 +0.123)^\frac{m}{12}[/tex]

⇒ [tex]R = R_0 ( 1.123)^\frac{m}{12}[/tex]

⇒ [tex]R = R_0 ((1.123)^\frac{1}{12})^m[/tex]  ( using power of power property of exponent )

⇒ [tex]R = R_0 (1.0097)^m[/tex]

Hence, the required expression would be [tex](1.0097)^m[/tex]