Heather sells cosmetics for a local company. During her first month of employment her sales were $60. During her second month her sales were $300. What was Heather’s percent of increase in sales? (Remember to move your decimal two places or multiply by 100 to make a decimal a percent!)

Do some research and find a city that has experienced population growth. determine its population on january 1st of a certain year. write an exponential function to represent the city’s population, y, based on the number of years that pass, x after a period of exponential growth. describe the variables and numbers that you used in your equation.