I NEED TO GET THIS DONE TODAY Betsy started a business 2 years ago. She had 8 customers in the first year. She added 18
customers in the second year. Betsy's goal is that in each of the next 4 years, she will have
three times as many customers as the year before. Betsy says her calculations in the table
below show that if she meets this goal each year, she will have 312 customers 4 years from
now. Is Betsy correct? Use the drop-down menus to explain your reasoning.

Betsy isn't correct. Betsy's calculations are wrong as she made her calculations by multiplying the base number of customers by 3 and then summing it all up for the 4 years under review instead of a continuous multiplication by 3.

26 × 3 × 4 is different from 26 × 3⁴

- If Betsy meets her target for the next 4 years, she will have 2106 customers in 4 years time.

Step-by-step explanation:

- Betsy started her business 2 years ago.

- In the first year, Betsy has 8 customers.

- In the second year, Betsy added 18 customers,

- So, her customers are now 8+18 = 26

- Betsy's goal is that in each of the next 4 years, she will have three times as many customers as the year before.

If the base number of customers is truly 26 this year,

Next year, Betsy would have 26 × 3 = 78 customers.

In 2 years, she would have 78 × 3 = 234

Thus indicating that in t years from now, the number of her customers will be

N(t) = N₀ × 3ᵗ

where

N(t) = number of customers t time from now

N₀ = number of customers at the moment = 26

t = number of years from now.

N(t) = 26 × 3ᵗ

In 4 years from now, Betsy will have

N(t=4) = 26 × 3⁴ = 2,106

So, it is evident that Betsy's calculations are wrong as she made her calculations by multiplying the base number of customers by 3 and then summing it all up for the 4 years under review instead of a continuous multiplication by 3.

26 × 3 × 4 is different from 26 × 3⁴

- If Betsy meets her target for the next 4 years, she will have 2106 customers in 4 years time.

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