3. The botanical garden currently has 15 orchids in it. The number of orchids increases by 6% each year, (1) Write an exponential equation that represents the number of orchids, y, after x years.
(2) Create a table of values using your equation. The table must include at least 5 ordered pairs,

no this is a nonlinear negative

alright well the answers to your question is

2xy/9 hope this have a nice day : )

step-by-step explanation:

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step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!