The elephant population in Northwestern Namibia and Ethosha National Park can be predictedby the expression 2,649(1.045)^b where b is the number of years since 1995. What does the value 2649 represent?

A. The predicted increase in the number of elephants in the region each year.
B. The predicted number of elephants in the region in 1995.
C. The year when the elephant population is predicted to stop increasing.
D. The percentage the elephant population is predicted to increase each year.

WILL GIVE BRAINLEST​

b

Step-by-step explanation:

A. makes no sense because the elephant population increases less than 2649 in 6 years.

C. makes no sense because you shouldn't multiply the percent by the year you think the population will stop increasing.

D. the percentage is in the parentheses

d. it is a convex pentagon because it has five sides and none of the sides would extend into the inside of the polygon.

step-by-step explanation:

maya’s expression will generate the wrong sum because she violated the commutative property.

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