At 9am there are 6 visitors at a museum exhibit. The number of visitors triples every hour until noon. How many visitors are at the exhibit at noon? Write your answer in he exponential notation.

Answer 1

6 is your initial value and 3 is the rate of growth. Following the exponential growth equation f(x) = a(r)^t , a = 6, r = 3, and t = 9 am which is hour 0, and 12 pm which is hour 3, so 3 hours total have elapsed, making t=3.

all in all, you have f(x) = 6(3)³ =162 total people at 12pm.

Answer 2

Just some background work for the answer given above

Answer 3

N = 6(3)³